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SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
REVOLUTION. 




ORIGIN OF THE SOCIETY. 

The first State Society was organized in San Francisco, Cal., 
July 5, 1876, under the name of " Sons of Revolutionary Sires," 
which name was sulxsequently superseded by that now borne. 
Largely through the efforts of this Society independent Societies 
were formed in other States. The National Society was organ- 
ized by delegates from the several State Societies meeting in 
New York City, April 30, 1889. This meeting was held in 
Fraunce's Tavern, in the "long room" in which Washington 
bade farewell to his officers at the close of the Revolution. 



PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. 

The State Societies constitute the National Society. This 
Society has a Constitution and By-Laws, a Board of Officers, and 
a Legislative Body named the Congress, which is composed of 
delegates from each of the State Societies. The Congress has 
one regular meeting each year. A conclave of the whole Society 
meets triennially at such plac*^'^ the National Board of Man- 
agers may determine. * **• '■ -f' ?• 

The Constitution of the National Society prescribes the ob- 
jects, terms of eligibility to membership, the badge and colors of 
the whole Society. While each State Society has absolute con- 
trol of its own affairs, the Constitution of the National Society 
is the supreme law of the whole, and the Constitution of each 
Society conforms thereto. 

It is thus seen that the whole organization closely follows 
the model presented by the republic. 



OBJECTS OF THE ORGANIZATION. 

These are set forth in the Constitution of the National So- 
ciety as follows : 

The objects of this Society shall be to perpetuate the memory of the 
men, who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American 
Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; to unite 
and promote fellowship among their descendants; to inspire them and the 
community at large with a more profound reverence for the principles 
of the government founded by our forefathers ; to encourage historical 
research in relation to the American Revolution ; to acquire and preserve 
the records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as 
documents, relics and landmarks ; to mark the scenes of the Revolution by 
appropriate memorials ; to celebrate the anniversaries of the prominent 
events of the war ; to foster true patriotism ; to maintain and extend the 
institutions of American freedom ; and to carry out the purposes expressed 
in the preamble to the Constitution of our country and the injunctions of 
Washington in his farewell address to the American people. 

In no respect are these objects partisan, sectarian or com- 
mercial, but purely patriotic, social and American. 



ELIGIBILITY TO MEMBERSHIP. 

The National Society's Constitution fixes the terms of eligi- 
bility thus : 

Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society, who, being 
of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of good repute in the 
community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times 
unfailing in his loyalty to, and rendered actual service in the cause of, 
American Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, militiaman 
or minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress or of any 
one of the several Colonies or States ; or as a signer of the Declaration of 
Independence ; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspond- 
ence ; or as a member of any Continental, Provincial or Colonial Congress 
or Legislature ; or as a Civil Officer, either of one of the Colonies or 
States or of the National Government ; or as a recognized patriot who per- 
formed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great 
Britain. 



Organized wholh' for patriotic purposes, and presenting a 
broad platform upon which all may stand, the Society commends 



itself to all Americans, and has gained the earnest support of 
the foremost men of our country. North, south, east and west, 
men eminent in business, finance, law, literature, science and 
art are active members, enthusiastically laboring to advance the 
objects of the Society and to promote its prosperity. 

The following are the officers of 

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY: 

President-General, 

General Horace Porter, 

15 Broad St., New York City. 

Vice Presidents-General, 

General J. C. Breckinridge, 

U. S. Army, Washington City. 

Colonel Thomas M. Anderson, 

U. S. Arm5^ Vancouver Barracks, Wash. 

Mr. William Ridgely Griffith, 
Baltimore, Md. 

Mr. Edwin S. Barrett, 
Concord, Mass. 

Hon. John Whitehead, 

Morristown, N. J. 

Secretary-General, 

Mr. Franklin Murphy, 
Newark, N. J. 

Treasurer-General. 

Mr. C. W. Haskins, 

2 Nassau St. , New York Cit)^ 

Registrar-General, 

Mr. A. Howard Clark, 

Smithsonian Institution, Washington City. 

Historian-General, 

Mr. Henry Hall, 

New York City. 



Chaplain-General, 

Rt. Rev. Charles Edw. Cheney, D. D., 
Chicago, 111. 

FORMATION OF THE OREGON AND WASHINGTON SOCIETY. 

Mainly through the eflforts of Colonel Thomas M. Anderson, 
U. S. A., this Society was organized June 6, 1891, by about 
twenty gentlemen of accepted eligibility meeting in Grand Army 
hall, Portland, adopting a Constitution and By-Laws and electing 
officers. 

Four annual meetings have been held, besides several special 
ones and the annual banquets. At the third meeting the Board 
of Managers was instructed to revise the By-L,aws of the So- 
ciety. This was done and reported to a special meeting of the 
Society. The result was the adoption of the By-Laws now 
existing. 

The fourth annual meeting was mainly devoted to the ordi- 
nary routine of business and the election of officers. The re- 
ports made at this meeting showed the Societj' to be active and 
prosperous, with a good, strong membership in each State. 

President Anderson reported as follows : 

annual report of the president of the oregon and washington 
society of the sons of the american revolution. 

Compatriots : 

This is the fourth annual reunion of our Society. We organized with 
fifteen charter members. We have today one hundred and forty names 
upon our Roll of Honor. In our two progressive States of Oregon and 
Washington we should be able to treble our numbers. As our object is pa- 
triotic endeavor, we should spare no pains to bring all worthy, eligible 
patriots within our fold. 

The events of the past j'ear have proven the importance of patriotic 
association. Our Societies have given repeated warnings as to the spread 
of an anarchial spirit. These warnings have been unfortunately verified by 
open resistance to the execution of the laws in many localities. In several 
States recognized principles of government have been antagonized by 
officials in high authority. In one instance State and Federal officials 
were nearly brought into armed conflict. In the second city of the country 



a wild mob attacked the civil officers and soldiers of both the State and 
Federal governments, shouting "To Hell with the Government of the 
United States ! " We do not propose to discuss the causes which led to 
these acts of mob violence, nor need we criticise the measures used to 
suppress them. Neither need we debate the proposition that the Coxej' 
Army and the Cleveland Armj^ should be allowed to fight it out. While 
representing you at the Congress of the Society held in Washington, I saw 
the Coxey Army driven from the steps of the Capitol by the police. These 
men claimed that they, rather than the legislators assembled within repre- 
sented the people. It was a striking object lesson, that, while a number of 
gentlemen from every part of the Union had assembled to express their 
adhesion to the patriotic principles transmitted to them by their fathers, 
that the first attempt should be made almost in their presence to overawe 
the Congress of the country by a show of force. In the last year more 
blood has been shed in this Republic in upholding authority than in any 
monarchy in Europe. Is all this nothing to us ? Is it nothing to us that 
the red flag of anarchy has been displayed in our streets, that legislative 
halls have been barricaded by contending factions, and that several of the 
great highways of the country were interrupted by force and violence ? 

A more insidious evil now attracting universal attention is official 
corruption. It has become so manifest that the true principles of Repub- 
lican Government should be taught to the people that a Society of Civics 
has been formed with branches all over the older States, which are now 
engaged in an active propaganda of patriotism. The eff'orts of these Asso- 
ciations are now mainly directed to the study of the problem of municipal 
reform. It is not for us to debate what legislation should be adopted to 
remedy existing evils. It is our assumption that if we can awaken 
patriotic motives an intelligent patriotic action will -follow. What we 
should do is to pour oil on the troubled waters. We should by all proper 
means correct the misapprehensions of the misguided, and, on the other 
hand, give our moral support to the Government of our countr}\ When 
children at school are given a mathematical problem they are also given a 
rule by which to work it out. Yet they invariably want an example. It is 
often by the example that they are made to comprehend the application of 
the rule. Hence we should not rest content with proclaiming the bar- 
ren idealities of statecraft, but we should give examples of patriotic work 
and self sacrifice in the lives of men who proved themselves not only great 
but good. It is for this reason that we urge the celebration of national 
anniversaries. 

Within the year excellent Chapters have been organized at Seattle 
and Spokane. The gentlemen who have organized these Chapters deserve 
great credit. Both of these organizations now have the numbers which 
entitle their local Presidents to seats at the meetings of the Board of Di- 
rectors. 

We have taken a new departure this year in sending speakers to the 
public schools to explain the significance of our national holidays. 



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In conclusion I would say, compatriots, that it is not enough that our 
fathers left us a Republican Government and a Union of Free States. " It 
is not enough to be thus, but safely thus." Here our duty begins. It is 
our duty to preserve and perpetuate. If "eternal vigilance is the price of 
liberty," apathy and neglect open the gates to ruin and dishonor. 

THOMAS M. ANDERSON, 

President. 



AT THE BANQUETS. 

These were held at the Hotel Portland and were presided 
over by the President of the Society. 

On the occasion of February 22, 1894, to the toast "The 
Man and the Day," Alfred F. Sears, Jr., Esq., responded in most 
appropriate and eloquent words, outlining the character of Wash- 
ington and showing wh)^ Americans should observe this anni- 
versary. 

"The Comrades of '76" was responded to by Sanderson 
Reed, Esq., in glowing language, portraying the enduring links 
of friendship, that, forged during the long struggle, bound the 
men of '76 to each other and to their ultimate purpose. 

Mr. E. W. Allen responded to "The Little Hatchet," in a 
quaint, humoroits manner that all most heartily appreciated. 

To the toast "The Patriotic Daughters," R. W. Thompson 
responded. He paid the patriotic women of the Revolution a 
just and merited tribute, and easily showed that their sacrifices 
on the altar of Liberty were as necessary and were as promptly 
and heroically rendered as any made by their fathers, husbands, 
brothers and lovers. 

To the sentiment "The Pioneer Patriots," Capt. O. C. 
Applegate spoke as follows : 

Mr. President and Compatriots : 

As a native son of Oregon, and one who experienced much of the 
primitive life of the early days, an eye witness, as it were, to the planting 
and development of the American empire upon the Pacific, it may not be 
inappropriate for me to speak briefly upon the subject of " Pioneer Pa- 
triots." 



In a land still filled with the memorials of late and tragic conflict ; 
in a home of peace and plenty, won by the heroism and through the pri- 
vations of pioneer life ; in a country born amid the fires of revolution and 
saved through the anguish of civil war ; in a land of noble memories, of 
heroic aspirations and untold possibilities, we come to plight our faith 
anew, not as party men, divided upon questions of National policy or con- 
tending through trivial causes, but as the descendants of patriotic ances- 
tors, cherishing their self-sacrifice and devotion, hoping to do a loj'al part 
in keeping ever alive in the hearts of the American people the sublime 
principles our forefathers asserted, and in transmitting them to a grateful 
posterity. 

Every individual who can appreciate the genius of American liberty, 
and upon this intelligent appreciation rests the success and perpetuity of 
our benign Government ; every one who can conceive of the hard demands 
upon human life within the congested communities of the Old World ; 
every citizen whose lot has fallen with that of Washington, Adams and 
Hamilton, of Benton, Douglas and Lincoln, as a beneficiary of our noble 
constitution, who realizes that beneath the shadow of our starry flag has 
grown to marvelous fruition the promise of liberty, of personal security 
and material development indulged in by our patriotic ancestors, knows 
that the grateful hearts of appreciative American citizens turn loyally to- 
wards the pioneers of our political faith, who, amid the sombre forests of 
New England and along the sunny slopes of Virginia and Carolina, whis- 
pered the first accents of infant American freedom. 

Pioneer patriots in the cabin of the Mayflower, thousands of miles 
away from home and kindred, on the borders of a vast and almost un- 
known continent, "covenanted and combined themselves together into a 
civil body politic," thus asserting with a full consciousness of their might}' 
import those principles of dependence and independence — dependence 
upon one another and independence from kingly authority — which, meet- 
ing with ready response all along the coast to the remotest southern bor- 
der, developing throughout the checkered period of Colonial history, 
finally culminated in the assertion of the right of separation from the 
Mother Country and inspired our forefathers with patriotic ardor amid the 
fiery conflicts of the Revolution. 

They sought, away from soulless power, 

On the rugged, rock-bound strand. 
Release and refuge from kinglj' greed 

That cursed their native land. 
They cast the germ in the virgin soil 

Of Liberty's spreading tree, 
To shield the land from tyrannous might 

And bloom in the years to be. 

A brighter day for mankind's weal 

In Plymouth's woods began, 
For the Pilgrims sought these solitudes 

With faith in God and man, 



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To live and worship as they chose, 

Unscared by pope or king, 
And the noble words the Pilgrims spoke 

Have never ceased to ring. 

How the expansion of the geat Republic has within even the brief 
period of a human lifetime encompassed half a continent ! The great 
American desert of our boyhood has become the home of a widely ex- 
tended domestic life, the theatre of industry and enterprise, the scene of 
an advanced and brilliant civilization. Beneath the protecting egis of the 
American flag, cheered by the traditions of an honored past, the westward 
march of civilization has only been stayed by the surge of old ocean 
breaking at the feet of the intrepid and resolute pioneer. 

Shall we not do honor to the pioneer patriots of the west, the cour- 
ageous men and noble women who endured a six months' journey across 
the great plains, through the rugged defiles of mountains, over unbridged 
streams and through the trackless wilderness, 

" To see a home from shadowy forests won 
In youth and beauty, wedded to the sun ? " 

Through their sublime faith, ceaseless exertions and self-sacrificing 
courage we enjoy on this coast to-day the blessings of peace and security, 
within the beneficent bonds of National union, for they never lost, amid 
all their sorrows, labors and wanderings, their identity as American citi- 
zens. 

In the midst of plenty and tranquility, and in the glow of an ad- 
vanced civilization, how difl&cult it is to realize the stern realities of the 
early days. The enlightenment and abundance about us can give us no 
suggestion of the hardships of the initial time ; no sign of the determined 
struggle of the crude possessor to maintain his inherited domain ; no evi- 
dence of the months of weary waiting for news from loved ones beyond 
half a continent's expanse ; of flour at a dollar a pound and salt vv'orth its 
weight in gold ; of buckskin clothing and home made shoes ; of wooden 
plows and hoes and pitchforks ; of the oft repeated incursions of the cir- 
cuit rider, and the universality of the quilting bee ; of generous border 
hospitality and prompt but effective pioneer justice. 

Let us learn to treasure the memory of the pioneers of the Pacific, 
worthy followers of the noble men who achieved our national independ- 
ence, who planted upon the shores of the western main those twin branches 
of the banyan tree of our common country, Oregon and Washington, as 
we see their material handiwork crumbling to dust about us, and the hoary 
veterans of an intrepid race passing away forever. 

" I,et there be light in the western v.-ilds," 
The Spirit of Progress said, 
And thousands came on the devious way, 
Where the rough old woodsmen led. 



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They crossed the mountain's beetling crags, 

And the deserts brown and bare, 
And on the shores of the western main 

Thej' planted the old flag there. 

As the blue of the clouds and blue of the waves 

Mingle and blend in the sea, 
It mingled its colors with the western clouds 

To herald the march of the free. 
And the echoing thud of the woodsman's axe, 

And the roar of his trusty gun, 
Told with a voice that woke up the woods 

How the westerners' battles were won. 



Mr. E. D. Curtis, speaking to the closing sentiment, "Good 
Night," congratulated the compatriots upon the prosperity of the 
Society, the success and pleasure of the meeting, and expressed 
the hope that all should meet again. 



THE FOURTH ANNUAL BANQUET. 

This was a most enjoyable affair. The dining room was ap- 
propriately and beautifully decorated, and music throughout the 
banquet contributed to the pleasure of the guests. 

Col. Thomas M. Anderson, President of the Society, pre- 
sided during the after-dinner speaking, and acquitted himself in 
his usual happy manner. 

Maurice McKim, Esq., responded to the toast "The Day 
We Celebrate " in a few well chosen sentences that proved to be 
an auspicious opening to the occasion. 

Hon. H. H. Northup spoke to the sentiment " What Our 
Forefathers Eeft Us," as follows : 

The skillful mariner bound across the trackless sea finds his way bj' 
chart and compass. But not on these alone does he rely, for daily as the 
sun touches the meridian with unclouded sky, does he take his observation 
to know whether the elements have driven him from his true course. 

And on occasion like this, sir, a century after the flag of freedom has 
been unfurled, when the sons of patriots meet together to do honor to their 
sires, it is fitting that we inquire "What Our Forefathers Left Us" to 
know whether we have been driven by the elements of discord and un- 
rest from the true course laid down by them. And upon this occasion, sir, 



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I can onl}' name a few of the man}' priceless privileges they left for us 
to enjoy. 

They have left us a memory — a memory of sacrifices and heroic strug- 
gles. 

Other events in more recent years ma}' bring the anniversarj' of san- 
guinary conflict, }'et none can teach higher lessons in patriotism or form a 
brighter page in American history than those events which brought forth 
the mighty men of '76. 

They have left us a memory of personal valor and of many a well 
fought field ; a memory of Warren and of Bunker Hill ; of Allen and of 
Ticonderoga ; of Stark and of Bennington ; of Green and of Brandywine ; of 
Marion and Sumpter and of the Carolinas ; of Washington and of Tren- 
ton ; of the trials of Valley Forge and the triumphs of Yorktown. 

They have left us the memory of that invincible patriot, Patrick 
Henry, whose impassioned words sound loud and clear throtigh the cen- 
tur}' — words known to every American youth : 

What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear or peace 
so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty 
God! I know not what course others may take, but, as for me, give me liberty or give 
me death. 

But they have left us not simply a memory — they have left us more. 
They have left us a declaration of rights, a declaration linked forever with 
the name of Jeflferson, and more sacred to the cause of liberty than the 
famous Magna Charta wrested from King John by the barons of England. 

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal ; that they 
are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights ; that among these are life, 
liberty and the pursuit of happiness ; that to secure these rights governments are insti- 
tuted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. 

Here in one short paragraph is declared the equality of man and the 
right of the people to self government, and the doctrine that " The King 
is the State " is forever laid in the dust. A more priceless treasure was 
never given to any people at any time, save only the written revelation of 
divine truth by the living God. 

But this declaration was for many generations a form of glittering 
words, until at last its sublime principles entered into the hearts of the 
American people and it became a living truth to every man, woman and 
child of whatever race, creed or color in the American Republic. 

They have also left us the famous Ordinance of 1787 — that solemn 
compact entered into by the people of the Northwestern Territory, then 
existing and thereafter to exist, of the one part, and the thirteen original 
States of the other part. 



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This Ordinance declared, among other things, that within the boun- 
daries of said territory slaverj' and involuntary servitude, except as a pun- 
ishment for crime, should forever be prohibited, and that " religion, mor- 
ality and knowledge being necessary to good government, schools and the 
means of education shall forever be encouraged." 

The principles laid down in this Ordinance that governed this great 
territory are some of the priceless treasures left to the American people. 

They have also left us a written constitution — a document framed 
with such judgment and wisdom, and so well adapted to the purposes for 
which it was designed, that its great merit is far beyond the power of my 
feeble tongue to express. Said Winthrop : 

It is like one of those rocking stones erected by the ancient Druids, which the 
finger of a child can shake to its center, but which the might of an army can not move 
from its place. 

The constitution in some of its provisions has been the subject of 
much discussion and contention, particularly in regard to the right of 
secession, but the construction that it is an indissoluble tie, forever binding 
together the States of the Union into one Nation, has been sealed with the 
blood of the American people and is beyond recall. 

They have left us the work of a Hamilton — that great genius called by 
Washington to be the first Secretary of the Treasury — whose financial skill 
brought the new government out of its difiiculties and into prosperity and 
wealth. 

Said Webster in speaking of him : 

He smote the rock of national resource and abundant streams of revenue burst 
forth. He touched the dead corpse of public credit and it sprang upon its feet. The 
fabled birth of Minerva from the brain of Jupiter was hardly more sudden than the finan- 
cial system of the United States as it burst from the conception of Alexander Hamilton. 



And, in conclusion, our fathers left us the spirit of liberty and the 
work of showing to the world that Republican governments are best for 
all peoples. So let us live that we shall not be unworthy of our sires, and 
so that we can hand down to the countless generations yet to come, who 
shall occupy the places that we now fill, the priceless inheritance left by 
our fathers. 



" Washington as a Moral Force " was responded to by Hon. 
George H. Williams, who spoke as follows : 

A meeting of the Sons of the American Revolution to commemorate 
the birthday of Washington overwhelms the mind with patriotic and inspir- 



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ing emotions. We are separated by more than a hundred years with their 
deepening shadows from the day we celebrate, but through these shadows 
with meteoric splendor shines the fame of Washington and of the men and 
events with which his fame is associated. 

Our meeting brings before us with pictorial clearness the high and 
fearless resolves of Revolutionary assemblies, the sacrifices, sufferings and 
successes of a consequent war, examples of physical and moral courage, 
and all that galaxy of glorious achievements which made the United States 
a free and independent nation. 

Washington at the time of his death was said to be " first in war, first 
in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen," and it is safe to add 
that in the fullness and roundness of a perfect manhood he stands first in 
the list of modern statesmen and warriors. I do not mean to say that he 
was the greatest soldier or the greatest statesman of modern times, but I 
mean to say that those physical, intellectual and moral qualities which are 
necessary to an exalted character were more happily blended in him than 
in any other man mentioned in modern history. One element of moral 
force is personal courage or fearlessness in the face of danger. Brave men , 
though brave in a bad cause, are respected by others, and deeds of personal 
daring in battle and elsewhere have been favorite themes of song and 
story. Learning, wisdom and goodness command the admiration of man- 
kind, but admiration rises into hero worship for those who repose them- 
selves to death in the ranks of fighting armies. Washington at an early 
day, in the campaign against the French forts in western Pennsylvania, 
established his reputation for personal courage, and was never deterred 
from the performance of his Vi'hole duty as a soldier by the apprehension 
that his life was in danger. 

Another element of moral power is good judgment. This is the 
greatest of all talents for one bearing public responsibilities and it is the 
one least appreciated by the public. That which is showy is more attrac- 
tive than that which is solid. Good judgment as to any matter implies 
comprehension of everything affecting that matter, and no brilliancy of 
speech or action will make up for the lack of this judgment in the manage- 
ment of public affairs. Washington's judgment was of the first order, as his 
success in military and civil life abundantly proves. He must have been 
endowed with an extraordinary faculty of deciding wisely to have con- 
ducted the Revolution to a successful issue ; to lead thirteen feeble Colonies 
against a great and resourceful enemy through the discouragements and 
defeats of a seven years' war necessarily required great foresight, indom- 
itable zeal and excellent judgment. Washington's administration during 
the formative period of our Federal Union was a marvel of wisdom and 
skill. He was like a mariner upon an unexplored sea without guide or 
compass. He had no precedents to follow. To organize the new govern- 
ment, to devise ways and means for its support, to establish relations with 
foreign countries, to harmonize federal authoritv with the autonomv of the 



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States and to put the whole machinery of the government into successful 
operation demanded the most enlightened and comprehensive judgment. 
Contrary to the wishes of his countrymen, at the end of two presidential 
terms he retired to private life with a farewell message which deserves to 
be ranked with the Declaration of Independence. 

More effective than all else to make the moral power of Washington 
a force was his acknowledged goodness. Greatness allied to vice may tem- 
porarily delight the multitude, but greatness must be allied to virtue to 
exert a lasting and beneficial influence in the world. Washington's virtues 
were so widely known and appreciated that the English Lord Byron was 
led to exclaim : 

Where may the weary eyes repose 
When gazing on the great, 
Where neither guilty glory glows, 
Nor despicable state ? 
Yes, one— the first, the last, the best, 
The Cincinnatus of the West, 
Whom envy dared not hate, 
Bequeathed the name of Washington 
To make man blush there was but one. 



Individual moral force is the influence produced by a combination of 
courage, wisdom and goodness, as exemplified in the actings and doings of 
the individuals. Moral force may co-exist with the person from whom it 
proceeds, or it may survive and produce eflfects after such person has 
passed out of existence. Our attention is arrested by one notable instance 
of Washington's influence after he was dead. He was unanimously elected 
President in 1788, was unanimously re-elected in 1792, and would have been 
unanimously elected for a third term ia 1796 if he had consented to become 
a candidate. This refusal of Washington to accept the office of President 
for a third term made a precedent which has become a sacred and inviol- 
able canon in the political code of the United States. Nothing is said in 
our written Constitution about the ineligibility of a President for a third 
term, but the moral force of Washington's example has made a third term 
for a President next to an impossibility. General Grant, whose popularity 
was unbounded, as a candidate for a third term was defeated in the Repub- 
lican convention of 1880 by the moral force of Washington's example, and 
if nominated he would in all probabilitj^ have been defeated at the election 
upon that ground. There is a lesson of great value in Washington's refusal 
of the Presidency for a third term. First, it proves that men can be gov- 
erned by moral force as well as by physical power. More than sixty rail- 
lions of people accept the act of one man long since passed away as bind- 
ing upon them, with nothing but popular belief in the wisdom of that act 
to enforce its authority. Again, it is instructive in showing that great and 
good deeds have an enduring vitality in the hearts and memories of man- 
kind. Ambition and selfishness and sin in every form abound, but they 
stand with uncovered heads in the presence of disinterested and patriotic 



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devotion to country. When Washington rejected the ofl&ce of President 
for a third term "he builded better than he knew." He erected a safe- 
guard for Republican institutions. All our Presidents since Washington 
have been ambitious to be re-elected. Six of them have sought and 
obtained a second term, and there is reason to believe that they — or some 
of them — would have tried by the use of official influence or otherwise to 
secure a third term and probably more terms if they had not been deterred 
by the example of Washington. Office holding generally breeds an insati- 
able desire for more. Without any limitation upon the eligibility of the 
President, there would be danger that an ambitious and unscrupulous in- 
cumbent might perpetuate his official existence and establish upon the 
ruins of the Constitution an oligarchy of office holders. Rotation in office 
under reasonable restrictions is the true theory of Republican government. 
Washington, by the moral force of his example, has compelled the prac- 
tice to conform to this theory. To look out from the scramble for office in 
these days, to the retirement of Washington when the people wanted him 
to stay, is as refreshing as the sight of a green field in a desert of drifting 
sands. 

When the Constitution of the United States was formed there was a 
wide spread and powerful opposition to its adoption. Each Colony under 
the Confederation was quite independent of the others, and many saw, or 
thought they saw in the Constitution, a dangerous consolidation of power 
in a centralized government. Hamilton, Madison, Jay and others pub- 
lished papers advocating its adoption, but these arguments, though learned 
and eloquent, hardly reached the minds of the common people. Washing- 
ton was known everywhere and his patriotism and wisdom were universally 
acknowledged. People who had no time or opportunity to study the ques- 
tions involved accepted the judgment of Washington. They favored the 
new Constitution because they knew he favored it. If he had opposed it 
it would not have been adopted. Time has approved the judgment of 
Washington as well as the wisdom of the men who relied upon it and mag- 
nified beyond measure our indebtedness to him for his influence in this 
critical period of our country's history. 

Washington's administration was held together and made a success 
by the moral force of his majestic character. Jefferson was Secretary of 
State and Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury, both gentlemen, but bit- 
terly opposed to each other in their political views. Jefferson contended 
for the sovereign right of the States, and Hamilton for the supremacy of 
the Federal government. When the French Revolution broke out, the ad- 
herents of Jefferson favored the ideas upon which it was founded, and the 
adherents of Hamilton denounced them as subversive of all government. 
Party feeling ran high upon the question. Jefferson's party was charged 
with a desire to import into the United States the radical doctrine of revo- 
lutionary France, and Hamilton's part}' was charged with a desire to im- 
port into the United States the principles of monarchial England. Discord 
and distraction raged on all sides but thej- were overawed and neutralized 



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by the wisdom and justice of Washington. He spoke to the angry passions 
and they obeyed his voice. He overcame those elements of discord by 
moral power which were beyond the reach of physical force. 

While Washington was President, Congress passed an act imposing a 
tax upon whiskey, which produced a formidable insurrection in western 
Pennsylvania and other parts of the country. Thousands of armed men 
were massed together to resist the collection of this tax. The Federal 
government was new, its powers indefinite and its authority hardly known 
to the people, and this insurrection was to be the test of its adequacy to 
the ends for which it was created. Officers and troops sent against the 
insurgents were driven back, and it seemed for a time as though the ene- 
mies of law and order would succeed. Washington determined to put 
himself at the head of the government forces and went into Pennsylvania 
for that purpose. Stricken by the movement of the President with the 
conviction that further resistance was useless the rebellion melted away 
and disappeared, and the supremacy of the law was established. This 
shows that ideas sometimes win victories where arms are ineffectual. 

During the administration of John Adams our country became in- 
volved in a serious controversy with France. Hostilities had commenced 
and a great war was impending. In this emergency all eyes turned toward 
Washington, then in retirement at Mount Vernon. President Adams, in 
response to the voice of the people, called upon Washington to take com- 
mand of the national forces, and he, at great personal sacrifice, accepted 
the position. When the weight of Washington's renown as a warrior and 
statesman were thrown into the scales France lowered her pretensions and 
proceeded without delay to re-establish amicable relations with this coun- 
try. These prominent instances to which I have referred are only illlus- 
trations of the thousands of ways in which the moral influence of Wash- 
ington worked for good. All his speeches and writings and his whole 
public life were aglow with intense devotion to his country. His influence 
was a steady, vitalizing and improving force. Our duty as Sons of the 
American Revolution is to cherish and keep alive this influence. Our 
heritage comes to us with this responsibility. We want more of Washing- 
ton's courage in our government, more of his purity among our public 
men, and more of his ardent patriotism among our people. Our Republic 
will be safe in the hands of men who follow in the footsteps of Washington. 



' ' The story of the Past a I,esson for the Present ' ' was pre- 
sented by John F. Gowey, Esq., who said : 

Mr. President and Compatriots : 

Our gallant sires ! We drink to them 

Who blazed the way with loyal zest, 
And gave to Union's diadem 

The myriad jewels of the West. 



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One can hardly be expected to give utterance to words that are in 
accordance with the spirit of the occasion and at the same time present 
new thoughts for consideration. The verbiage may be changed and the 
metaphor varied, yet the truisms of live and love, of philosophy and gov- 
ernment remain the same. Love and hope, despair and passion are as old 
as time. The seeds of truth, honor, virtue and courage, the sentiments of 
loyalty and patriotism, were sown in the dim domain of antiquity and have 
existed since man became conscious of a living soul. 

Looking backward over the centuries, gleaning for types of all that 
concern the deep things of life, we are compelled to say that of old there 
were statesmen as great, philosophers as wise, captains as valiant and peo- 
ples as liberty loving as can be found in modern times. Not that man is 
incapable of growth and development and has not improved individuallj^ 
and collectively, for history is but the record of his progress along the 
lines for which " governments were instituted among men." 

It has been said that liberty has become a hackneyed subject and 
freedom worn commonplace ; this could be answered as was one who 
sneered at what he termed the " cant of patriotism." "I quite agree," 
said the speaker, " that the cant of patriotism is a bad thing, but I can tell 
him a worse — the r^'cant of patriotism — which I will gladly go along with 
him in reprobating when he shows me an example of it." 

For one I still believe in the age of faith and freedom, still go over in 
loving remembrance the bead roll of our nation's honored names and yet 
imagine that in the life of Washington we have the loftiest example of pa- 
triotism that the world can show, and in the record of the birth of these 
United States a most salutary lesson in all that ennobles the citizen and 
makes a nation great. The men of the past, of our Colonial and Revolu- 
tionary period, have had thrown around their sacred forms the halo that 
history gives to the noble and great of all ages. The shadows of time have 
made saints of some and heroes of them all. Their petty vices, faults of 
mind and infirmities of temper have all been hidden or swept away by 
" time's eflFacing finger," and they stand before us and in the pages of his- 
tory as Godlike men cast in an heroic mold. The intrepid action, the 
noble character alone remain for our contemplation and inspiration. 

Of all man's institutions history records no grander hope for humanity 
than the government our fathers gave to mankind ; time's annals fail to 
show so bright a bow of promise to the sons of men ; they spoke for it, 
prayed for it, fought for it, died for it, and with us rests its perpetuity. 

Well has it been said " It is a question for us now, not of the found- 
ing of a new government, but of the preservation of one already old ; not 
of the formation of an independent power, but of the purification of a 
nation's life; not of the subjection of a foreign foe, but of the subjection 
of ourselves. The dangers of to-day come from within, the love of power, 
the lust for gold, the weakening of faith, the decay of public virtue ; these 



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are the perils that threaten our future ; these are the enemies we have to 
fear. ' ' 

With increased devotion we must be baptized anew in the waters of 
freedom, scan again the utterances of the patriotic sages, "be true to the 
teachings of our history, and love our country before all other things," if 
the Republic is to live among the nations of the earth. 

I do not know that the hands are weak, 

Or the brain unused to plan ; 
That the tongue delays the truth to speak, 

Or the foot to march in the van ; 
But I know full well that we need not seek 

111 vain for a Minute Man. 



In these closing years of the century wherein we see so much of strife 
and bitterness between the so-called classes of society, when we hear on 
the one hand of the greed and tyranny of corporations, and on the other 
read of strikes and labor riots, we are reminded that history is mainly 
given to recording the struggles of men and the continual changes in the 
relations of classes. The lesson taught is " that popular government rests 
on public character," and that liberty and law, or liberty and order, must 
go together ; that there can be no safety in the one without the other. 

In the midst of the new and ever changing social and economic ques- 
tions which perplex and agitate the public mind ; in the swift whirl of po- 
litical strife and the ceaseless din of the mad race for wealth ; amid the 
clouds and shadows that envelope the relations of capital and labor, the 
desire for mental and material improvement must not be taken for the 
murmurings of the discontented, or the agitation of labor as a protest 
against free institutions. Let not the timid be disheartened nor the pes- 
simist encouraged by such manifestations. These problems are not con- 
fined to our shores nor to our time ; they are as widespread as civilization 
itself, and in the future as in the past will continue to engross the best 
thought of man. 

There can never be a final solution of questions affecting our material 
interests. Our conditions are constantly changing, and, with the advent of 
new forces and new ideals, come new problems. " There will never come 
some one epoch of time when mankind will, so to speak, be able to fold its 
hands and take to enjoying itself and having a universal ' good time,' ' ' such 
a state of affairs were to do away with all that gives an impetus to life 
and all incentive to human action. 

The labor and social questions of the present day need elevation to a 
higher plane, for without a distinctly ethical, not to say religious, purpose 
that runs with and sways the current of our lives, we lose the hope, the in- 
spiration that gives to life its real value and makes of us something more 
than mere food and raiment-getting machines. 



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The history of the past throws light upon the difficulties of the pres- 
ent, and the sacrifices and achievements of the sires should incite the sons 
to renewed effort in maintaining and building up the fabric of government 
and national life laid down by them. 

So let us perform the full measure of our duty by deed and word, that 
amid the antogonisms of party strife, the evolution of new and immeasur- 
able forces in life and the varying social phenomena of the day, one star 
shall shine serene in our country's firmament, undimmed by selfish fear, 
undaunted by faction's cry and radiant with patriotic fire — the star of the 
Sons of the American Revolution. 



Colonel James Jackson, U. S. Army, a member of the New 
York Society Sons of the American Revolution, responded to 
"Patriotic Societies the Promoters of National Sentiment," as 
follows : 

In the last decade there has been a large addition to the number of 
Patriotic Societies and an increased eflFort upon the part of those already 
existing to stimulate patriotic feeling. This arises, no doubt, from the ap- 
prehension of the American element in this country that tendencies are de- 
veloping which, if not checked, will endanger the government and institu- 
tions established by our forefathers and subsequentlj' maintained by our 
generation at such a cost of blood and treasure. Homogeneous peoples, 
members of some one great race, having the same characteristics and sym- 
pathies, are usually patriotic, that is, devoted to the welfare of the whole 
people, because in that lies the best interests of the individual ; but in com- 
munities made up of radically different races, without common ancestry or 
tradition, the sentiment of patriotism, the common bond of a common 
people, weakens and dies out if not specially nurtured and cultivated. 

One great reason for the growing lack of national sentiment in this 
country is the enormous tide of immigration poured upon our shores since 
the civil war, so great that it could not be merged with the Anglo-Saxon 
population, and retained largely the customs, traditions and instincts of the 
race in foreign lands. 

Much of this immigration was valuable, but much of it also was venal 
and vicious. And there came, increasingly in later years, masses of men 
from decadent, mixed and conquered races, who for ages had had but little 
interest in a common country or a common heritage, and could have none 
whatever in ours, and whose every thought and action was centered in self. 
To this class of people equally with the men whose courage and patriotism 
made the Republic and those of kindred races who came here intending to 
unite with it and share its fortunes, was given the ballot, and it was 
promptly treated as a commercial bounty and sold to the highest bidder, 



the example spreading to the vicious and indifferent of all races. This in- 
troduced into our political system a large and constantly increasing pur- 
chasable element. It was the opportunity of the plutocrat and the money- 
getter and they quickly took advantage of it to buy for themselves or tools 
the places of power and influence that had heretofore been awarded by 
patriotic voters to brains and statesmanship and use these offices for indi- 
vidual gain. From this time on we find an accumulating selfishness in 
public action, a corresponding neglect of national interests and a cowering 
of patriotic tone and purpose in national statecraft. Statenianship which 
did not pay was scouted as an iridescent dream, and "practical politics," 
the statesmanship of the pocketbook, became the rule of our political 
existence. Legislation is more and more a system of mutual help in 
procuring local subsidies and personal aggrandizement. The national 
treasury is considered a legitimate object of prey, rather than a means 
of building up national prosperity and maintaining the standing and 
character of the nation among the powers of the world. The national 
life and interests by which all would be benefited, national character built 
up, national integrity preserved, national prosperity assured, have been 
measurably sacrificed to local greed and personal gain. To this condition 
have we come at last, that the ship of state drifts helplessly towards the 
destroying breakers while the crew are engaged in fighting for the cargo. 

We are apt to charge this lamentable state of affairs upon our rulers 
and legislators, but the people themselves are largely to blame for it. 
Most legislators are truly representative men, reflecting accurately the 
character and purposes of their constituency; " water will not rise higher 
than its source," and a venal, selfish and unpatriotic majority need not 
expect statesman-like action from their representatives. The remedy, if 
there is to be one, must begin with the people. We have brought this con- 
dition upon ourselves by paramount devotion to local interests, greed of 
gain and the violation of nature's law of race integrity, and must work out 
of it as best we can. It seems to me that one necessary step towards it, is 
to inculcate a national sentiment in all manner of ways, to teach patriotism 
to all the children of the land and to teach it from the primer to the calcu- 
lus. To hold up for emulation those grand patriots whose sacrifice and 
suffering gave to mankind the best government for the people the world 
has yet seen and to impress upon them that they can only continue to 
enjoy its benefits by the perpetuation of the institutions established by our 
forefathers and the exercise of the same unselfish patriotism which called 
them into existence. 

Patriotism, devotion to the welfare of the whole people, is an up-build- 
ing and conserving power ; it is the principle of union and cohesion illus- 
trated in .^sop's fable of the bundle of fagots, while selfishness, local and 
personal, is disorganizing and disintegrating and when once it predom- 
inates can only end in dissolution. There is great need in this country for 
patriotic societies to build up a national sentiment and to maintain and 
propagate the better ideas of American national life, to controvert the 



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gross and deadening materialism of latter day politics, and to preserve and 
disseminate the histories and work of our patriotic sires. Their memories 
should not be buried in the tomb of the past and so lost to the world as 
examples and inspirations, but should become household words in every 
family, stimulating to that patriotism which is not only willing to die for 
the country when needed, but to live for it always and to make its honor 
and welfare and destiny paramount to every local and personal considera- 
tion. 

The ancestor from whom comes my title to belong to the Society of 
the Sons of the American Revolution was the proprietor of a brass foun- 
dry in Philadelphia when the Revolutionary war commenced. He imme- 
diately set his furnaces and factory to work manufacturing cannon, arms 
and ammunition for the patriot army. He organized the first cavalry 
troop and the first artillery company formed during the war, and was at 
different times an officer in each. During the hard winter of 1778 he was a 
volunteer aide on Washington's staff at Valley Forge, and did all in his 
power to relieve the sufferings of the patriot army. When the British 
occupied Philadelphia they destroyed all property of his that could be 
found, but when they retired he again set his furnaces to work manufactur- 
ing supplies for Washington's army. For a large part of these supplies the 
Continental Congress failed to pay him, and at the close of the war he had 
sacrificed most of his fortune in his patriotic endeavor to free this country 
from British domination. Had he lived in these times and been animated 
with the spirit of this age, he would, no doubt have furnished defective 
armor plates for the war ships of his country and achieved a colossal for- 
tune in doing it and have been lauded and honored for the accomplish- 
ment of so successful a business transaction. It was such men as he — and 
they appear to have been numerous in those days — that made it possible 
for a new and thinly populated country to achieve its independence from 
the greatest military power in the world. Such patriotism is invincible in 
war and incorruptible in peace ; any people informed and permeated with 
its spirit must always occupy a commanding position of power and in- 
fluence. 

To us has been given the greatest country and the grandest opportunity 
of any nation of modern times. Our domain extends from the Arctic circle 
to the torrid zone, and there is nothing necessary to human existence or 
comfort, to progress or civilization, that can not be supplied within our 
boundaries. We virtually control a continent laved by two great oceans, 
giving us a practically unassailable location if we use ordinary judgment 
and prudence in our measures for defense. When we prove equal to our 
opportunity — when we become a nation, animated by a nation's pride and 
purpose, and not a mere aggregation of petty, jarring and discordant local- 
ities, when " Earth's greatest country's gut her soul and risen up Farth's 
greatest nation " — we may dominate the world's destinies. Our flag will 
float unchallenged on every sea, our commerce and manufactures penetrate 
unchecked to every corner of the globe, our citizens be honored and 



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respected in every land, our securities and corporate interests be the syno- 
nym for safety and integrity in every market, and our people prosperous 
beyond their dreams ; but all this is only possible to the predominance of a 
courageous and purposeful national sentiment in the councils of the nation 
and among the people. It should be the duty of patriotic societies, of all 
true Americans, and especially of the descendants of those grand men who 
illustrated t\\& practual value of patriotism in their lives and deeds, to culti- 
vate this sentiment. May we not hope that a united and determined effort 
will turn the tide of sordid influences now hastening our destruction, and 
that a refluent wave of patriotic purpose will bear us onward to higher 
ideals and a grander destiny ? The harbingers of evil days are plentiful ; 
organized selfishness, sordid statesmanship, a prostituted franchise, local 
and sectional jealousies and the unnecessary impoverishment of the people 
are all influences tending to deaden and destroy patriotic sentiment, and 
without a prevailing patriotism among the people this Union of States is a 
rope of sand and will go to pieces, leaving to history the record of one 
more futile attempt at government by the people. Let us believe with our 
great poet, Lowell, that this is not to be : 

O strange New World that yit wast never young, 

Whose youth from thee by gripin' need was wrung ; 

Brown foundlin' o' the woods, whose baby-bed 

Was prowled roun' by the Injun's cracklin' tread ; 

Who yit grew'st strong thru shifts an' wants an' pains, 

Nussed by stern men with empires in their brains. 

Who saw in vision their young Ishmel strain 

With each hard hand a vassal ocean's main. 

Thou ! skilled by freedom an' by gret events, 

To pitch new states ez Old World men pitch tents ; 

Thou ! taught by Fate to know Jehovah's plan 

That man's devices can't unmake a man ; 

The grave's not dug where traitor hands shall lay 

In fearful haste thy murdered corse away. 



"Nihilism and Paternalism " was discussed by Thomas G. 
Greene, Esq. He showed in befitting phrase that neither of 
these were in the thoughts and purposes of the man of '76, and 
should find no resting place with us. 

A number of gentlemen spoke to sentiments suggested by 
the occasion, and mtich humor and many bright witticisms 
marked the fleeting hours until the dial hand marked the begin- 
ing of another day, when " good nights " were said. 

At the day meeting Col. J. K. Philips read a paper, which 
was ordered to be published in the Year Book, on " Footsteps of 
Washington. " It is as follows : 



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It is most appropriate that on this anniversary day Americans should 
put aside their ordinary avocations and pass a portion of the time in con- 
templating the life and character of the great Washington. 

Two influences are so far reaching and so all potent in moulding hu- 
man character that no just estimate of it may be formed without consider- 
ing them. These are heredity and environment. If the influence of these 
are good and wholesome we may expect the character thej'^ produce to be 
symmetrical, harmonious, complete and, humanly speaking, perfect. 
Where these exert a malign influence genius may break away to some 
extent, and present us with great and notable characters, but they will be 
marred ; as Cfesar's, by inordinate ambition ; as Cromwell's, with narrow 
bigotry ; as Napoleon's, by superlative selfishness. 

Viewing the well rounded and completed character of Washington 
we may easily believe that the formative influences which produced it 
were of the most fortunate. So indeed they were. He descended from 
good ancestry of great respectability and noted for independence and pa- 
triotism. His great-great-grandfather commanded troops raised by Vir- 
ginia and Maryland to repel the incursions of certain Indian tribes, and is 
spoken of as a good and public spirited citizen. His father is described as 
a handsome, strong, prosperous, happy and much respected man. His 
mother was regarded as a woman of notable good sense, self reliance, in- 
dustry, frugality and high principle, whose ambition was for herself to be 
a good wife and mother, and for her son to be a prosperous, contented and 
happy planter. Surrounded by the simple habits and homely, rugged pur- 
suits incident to plantation life, he early acquired a love of the open air 
and a keen relish for outdoor occupations and amusements that remained 
with him through life. The afi"ectionate esteem with which his brothers — 
Augustine and Lawrence — regarded him, and the friendship of the Fair- 
faxes, were of incalculable advantage to him all through life. These 
brought him into association with men of wealth, education, experience 
and influence, and women of culture, refinement and good breeding. 
Even the instruction in military tactics by the old adjutant. Muse, and the 
lessons in fencing by Van Braam were happy adjuncts. His choice of a 
profession was also most fortunate. Besides bringing him much needed 
doubloons and pistoles, it brought him to the notice of land holders and 
made him widely and favorably known and laid the foundation of that 
independent fortune that was so essential to the success of his life. It also 
begot that methodical habit of recording transactions which has given us 
our closest insight to his character. 

Between the ages of sixteen and nineteen years we find him executing 
extended surveys of wild lands. These expeditions took him into the wil- 
derness and required him to " rough it" amid perils from wild beasts and 
savages. At barely nineteen years of age he is appointed one of the Adju- 
tants General of Virginia with the rank of major and the pay of one hun- 
dred and fifty pounds a year. This was a position of considerable respon- 



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sibility and exercised his knowledge of military tactics and familiarized 
him with the organization and discipline of troops. The French and 
Indians had become insolent and aggressive on the western frontier, and 
Dinwiddle, the Scotch Governor of Virginia, selected young Major Wash- 
ington, who had just reached his majority, and, especially commissioning 
him thereto, appointed him " his express messenger " to bear the guberna- 
torial message to the French commander in that quarter and bring back 
the Frenchman's reply. It was an arduous, perilous, delicate and most 
important mission, requiring profound knowledge of woodcraft as well as 
of human nature, a physical and moral courage that nothing could daunt, 
and intelligence that could not be deceived. It is most remarkable that a 
young man, a boy of twenty-one, should have been charged with so great 
an undertaking, yet the young man executed the task in such a manner as 
reflected credit upon himself, and demonstrated that he possessed in the 
highest degree the faculty of clear discernment and correct conclusion. 
Virginia now authorized the raising of two companies and Major Washing- 
ton was placed in command. This force was shortly greatly increased and 
Washington raised to the rank of lieutenant-colonel under Colonel Fry, 
and an expedition set out to take possession of the forks of the Ohio. 

Washington commanded the advance. Pushing out from Wills 
Creek he reconnoitered as far south as Ohio Pyle Falls on the Youghio- 
gheny river. Receiving information from friendly Indians that a party of 
French and Indians were in the vicinity waiting an opportunity to attack 
him he set out at the head of forty men, and on May 28, 1754, came upon 
the enemy, and, in an engagement of about twenty minutes killed ten, 
wounded one and captured twenty-one. Jumonville, the French com- 
mandant, was killed. This was the first engagement of the long and 
bloody French and Indian war. Colonel Fry dying, Washington assumed 
command and collected his forces at the Great Meadows and there con- 
structed the rude defense named Fort Necessity, where he was attacked by 
a superior force of French and Indians, and, after a sharp struggle, was 
forced to surrender. The terms of surrender (drawn up in French) were 
imperfectly translated into English by Van Braam and it was made to ap- 
pear that Jumonville had been assassinated, as the French claimed. 

While Washington was struggling to obey orders by completing his 
regiment, a law was passed at the instance of Dinwiddle by which Colonial 
officers were outranked by officers of the same grade sent over from Eng- 
land. Washington very promptly and properly resigned. Braddock hav- 
ing come from England as commander-in-chief of all his majesty's forces 
in North America, Washington became an aide to that officer. 

The expedition for the reduction of Fort Duquesne, under the imme- 
diate command of Braddock, followed almost the identical path of Wash- 
ington's first journey to the forks of the Ohio. Below the mouth of the 
Youghiogheny the column crossed to the south side of the Monongahela 
river, along which it marched some three miles, and then re-crossed to the 



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north side about half a mile from the mouth of Turtle Creek and the cabin 
of John Frazier, a gunsmith, Indian trader and hunter. We may now re- 
call how Washington had repeatedly warned Braddock to be cautious and 
suggested that some provincial troops be placed in advance, but his warn- 
ing was unheeded and his advice received with contempt. The column 
passed across the lower bottom, up the ascending slope toward the high 
hills a mile distant from the river. From these hills and at points a few 
hundred yards between, rise two deep ravines, which, in diverging course, 
pass down the slope and are lost in the lower land. At my earliest recol- 
lection of these they were about ten feet deep and would conceal about ten 
thousand infantry. Colonel Gage, whom we afterwards know as General 
and commander-in-chief at New York and Boston, had the advance. The 
whole column had passed between the ravines with its head well up toward 
the hill, when suddenly from a concealed foe, at short range and on both 
flanks, was opened a murderous fire. We need not repeat the story of 
Braddock's defeat. We may recall how Washington raged as a fury; how 
he handled one of the brass field pieces as if it had been a mere toy ; how 
he bewailed the fate of the provincial troops, crying : " My poor Virgin- 
ians ! Oh, my poor Virginians ; " and how, with a handful of these " Vir- 
ginians," he covered the retreat until the remnant of the army reached 
Dunbar, the rear guard and the baggage, forty miles distant. 

Washington's display of feeling on this field we find repeated when 
from Fort Lee he saw his brave men surrendered and disarmed at Fort 
Washington, then stabbed to death by Hessian bayonets. We again see 
the same fierce spirit blaze like an avenging deity upon the traitorous 
Charles Lee on the field of Monmotith. 

One of the officers brought off in safety from Braddocks' fated field we 
are constrained to wish had fallen there — the weak, selfish, envious 
Gates. Had Washington's advice been heeded there is little doubt victory 
would have crowned this expedition. After crossing the river had the 
column obliqued to the right, keeping Turtle Creek close on its right flank 
until it reached the point where that stream breaks through the range 
of hills and where the Pennsylvania Railroad crosses it at Brinton Sta- 
tion, and then turned sharply to the left, the high ground would have been 
reached and a line of march that could not easily have been ambushed. 

After this disaster the French and Indians became yet more trouble- 
some and aggressive, and Washington passed the greater portion of his 
time organizing and directing the provincial militia in defense of the set- 
tlers, until the second expedition was organized under command of General 
Forbes, Washington commanding the Virginia troops. Here again the 
wise advice of Washington as to route of march was unheeded. Instead of 
taking the Braddock's route, which is the more direct, and, because it pur- 
sues natural water courses, by far the easier, Forbes chose one more to the 
north and crossing some three mountain chains. Roads had to be cut 
through forests and streams bridged, all at great expenditure of labor and 
time. 



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This so delayed the march that the column had only reached the 
Loyal Hana, sixty miles from the French fort, in November. Here a coun- 
cil of war decided to give up the attempt and return. Washington's Vir- 
ginians formed the advance of the column and his vigilance had warded 
off all danger of Indian surprise. He had learned from his scouts that the 
French garrison was weak and the commandant very apprehensive of the 
threatened attack. He therefore earnestly urged a forward movement, to 
which Forbes finally gave assent. Next to the last encampment of Forbes 
was almost within rifle shot of the point at which we have seen Braddock 
cross to the south side of the Monongahela, and he crossed Turtle Creek 
and gained the highlands at the point on the Pennsylvania Railroad al- 
ready mentioned, passing the field of Braddock' s defeat a mile or more on 
his left flank. 

With the exception of the loss entailed by the foolhardy action of 
Captain Grant and a detachment of his Highlanders, the victory was 
bloodless, as the garrison, setting fire to the fort, took to their boats and 
escaped down the Ohio. 

To Washington more than all others we may justly ascribe the suc- 
cessful issue of the expedition. He now stands where five j^ears before, 
while waiting for his baggage, he had passed an hour noting the eligible 
site for a fort. If he could stand there to-day he would not ^ee Killbuck 
or Smoky Island ; the floods have carried it away. The island upon which 
he and Gist passed a terrible December night is now but little larger than 
a town lot. Borne upon the shoulders of the highest adjacent hill (named 
in his honor, Mount Washington) rests a populous ward of a mighty city. 

It was most fortunate for the Colonies that in the struggle for this 
position and the contiguous territory the arms of England triumphed. 
The long contest during which, saj's Franklin, " the Colonies had raised, 
paid and clothed nearly twenty-five thousand men," was the rugged school 
in which the Colonists learned the art of war, and in which a number of 
our Revolutionary officers gained invaluable experience. When we study 
the early influences that surrounded Washington, and, following his foot- 
steps, watch the unfolding and development of his character, we are pre- 
pared to endorse Patrick Henry's estimate of him, and to second the mo- 
tion of Thomas Johnson, of Maryland, that on June 15, 1775, made him 
commander-in-chief of the Continental army. 

No other man was qualified for the trust in anything like his measure. 
Who save him could have organized armies, conducted campaigns, fought 
battles, suffered disasters and won victories under like conditions. When 
all around him was gloomy and men's hearts were filled with despair, 
when he himself might well have said, as King Richard, " Patience is stale, 
and I am weary of it," he never lost faith nor equanimit}'. The so-called 
Conway cabal would have overwhelmed any lesser man. The unpopular 
French alliance but for Washington's influence would have been more 
hurtful than helpful to the Colonial cause. 



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When the final victory was won and kingly power and honors were in 
his grasp, who like him could have so bidden farewell to his officers as to 
arouse and confirm the patriotism of the most halting. To whose influ- 
ence so much as his do we owe the preparation and adoption of the 
national Constitution ? Was Washington a great militarj^ genius ? Let 
his retreat through New Jersey bear witness. Let Trenton and Princeton 
and Monmouth testify. See with what skill and energy he hurled his lit- 
tle army of eight thousand men from the Hudson to the Chesapeake and 
compelled the surrender at Yorktown. Ask Frederick the Great of Prussia. 

Was Washington a great statesman ? Search his state papers ; study 
his farewell address and be answered. The youth of our land will find in 
his character the safest example for their emulation. The Christian patriot 
may confidently point to him as the best evidence that the Eternal One 
does control the destiny of nations. 

Fitting it is that the earliest morning light should gild the spires of 
a great capital bearing his name, and that when the god of da}' sinks to 
rest in the bosom of the mighty Pacific his last rays should rest on the 
shores of an empire State perpetuating the immortal name — Washington. 



ORGANIZATION OF CHAPTERS. 

It early became apparent that the growth and prosperity of 
the Society, especially in Washington, would be best promoted 
by the formation of local Chapters. The revised By-L,aws of the 
Society provided that not fewer than seven members residing in 
the same locality might form a Chapter. 

The compatriots of Spokane were first to so organize. 
Colonel J. Kennedy Stout, who was the third admission to the 
Society in that city, actively interested himself in presenting ad- 
ditional members. The requisite number having been reached, 
they met on February i, 1894, adopted a Constitution and By- 
Laws, and organized by electing the following officers : 

President CoIvOnelJ. Kennedy Stout. 

Vice-President and Treasurer A. W. Doland. 

Secretary and Registrar H. M. HoyT. 

Managers j W. H. MaxwELI,, 

\ K. K. Cutter. 



The Board of Managers of the Society accorded them offi- 
cial recognition as Spokane Chapter No. i. They have held a 
number of interesting meetings, notably that of February 22, 
1895. This Chapter, now having fifteen members, exists as 
Chapter No. i of the Washington Society. 

At Seattle Mr. A. S. Gibbs issued a circular letter to our 
members residing in the Sound District, urging them to meet at 
Seattle September 25 and form a Chapter. This met a gratifying 
response, and resulted in the formation of Seattle Chapter No. 2, 
in the adoption of a Constitution and By-Iyaws, and in the elec- 
tion of the following officers : 

President E. S. Smith. 

Vice-President J. B. HowK. 

Secretary A. S. Gibbs. 

Treasurer Frank Hanford. 

( J. W. Hai.1., 



Managers. 



J. F. GowEY. 



They were promptly recognized by the State Society and in- 
creased public interest in our objects have confirmed the wisdom 
of forming these organizations, as well as exemplified the zealous 
patriotism of their organizers. 



THE OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY 
Chosen Februar^^ 22, 1895, are : 

President CoL. T. M. Anderson, U. S. 

Vice President Hon. George H. Wili^iams. 

Secretary P.P. Dabney. 

Treasurer Rai.ph W. Hoyt. 

Registrar Wallace McCamanT, Esq. 

/ Tyler Woodward, 

i a. e. borthwick, 

\hon. IvaFayette Grover, 

Board of Managers ' ^oi- J- K. Philips, 

\ J. Kennedy Stout, Esq., 
/ Pres. Spokane Chapter No. 
I E. S. Smith, 
\ Pres. Seattle Chapter No. : 




ROLL OF MEMBERS. 

Note : — Membership in the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion is based on lineal descent from an ancestor who assisted the 
Colonies in securing independence. The names of lineal ances- 
tors are printed in italics. Whenever in this list the services of 
collateral relatives are mentioned they are given simply as mat- 
ters of historical interest. The Society does not require the line 
of descent to be given further back than to the Revolutionary 
ancestor, but many of our members trace their families far 
beyond. 



state 
Number 



ANDERSON, THOMAS McARTHUR. 
C01.ONKL 14TH Inf., U. S. Army. 

(1). Great-grandson of Richard Clotigh Anderson, Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Third Virginia Infantry, Continental Line, and 
Brigadier-General Virginia Militia. He was with the " Boston 
Tea Party " in 1774, commissioned Captain, March 7, 1776. He 
was present at Long Island, White Plains, Trenton, Princeton 
and at Brandywine, where he was badly wounded. Commis- 
sioned Major, February 10, 1778, wounded at Savannah and 
made prisoner at Charleston. Commissioned Lieutenant-Colo- 
nel 1779. Present at Yorktown October, 1781, as A. D. C. to 
General La-Fayette. He was a member of the Society of the 
Cincinnati. 



National 
Number 

6701 



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125 AI.EXANDER, GEORGE NEEL. 7325 

Street Commissioner. 

(i). Great-grandson of IVilliam Arnold, a Minute Man at 
the Lexington Alarm, 1775, a Sergeant 1775-7, Quartermaster 
1778-9, Lieutenant 1781. Served in Captain Stephen Kimball's 
Compau}', Colonel Dan Hitchcock's Regiment, also in Captain 
Abraham Winsor's Company, Colonel Brown's Regiment, and 
Captain Wood's Company, Colonel Elliott's Regiment of 
Rhode Island Troops. After the war a Justice of the Peace. 

(2). Great-great-grandson of Caleb Arnold, one of General 
Nat. Greene's Riflemen. Seven brothers and three brothers- 
in-law of Caleb Arnold were in service with him, his wife and 
daughters cultivating their Rhode Island farm with their own 
hands. 

71 AEEEN, ETHAN W. 6771 

Merchant. 

Great-grandson of Preserved Kellogg, Corporal in Captain 
Eben Wood's Company of Colonel Eben Wolbridge's Regi- 
mont of Vermont Militia. 

129 AEVORD, WILLIAM CULLUM. 7329 

Assistant Bank Cashier. 

(i). Great-grandson oi James Claghorji, Captain in Colonel 
James Mead's Regiment Vermont Militia. Lieutenant-Colonel 
of the Fifth Regiment Vermont Militia. 

45 APPLEGATE, OLIVER C. 6745 

Stockraiser. 

(i). Great-grandson of Richard Applegate, a Soldier of the 
New Jersey Line, who entered the Army with his two oldest 
sons, Benjamin and William, about the beginning of the war. 

(2). Grandson of Daniel Applegate, a Drummer in the First 
Regiment, also in the Second Regiment New Jersey Conti- 
nental Line. Daniel's mother being dead, he was bound to 
" a steady Dutch farmer," near Albany, New York. At eleven 
years of age, his father and brothers being in the Army, he 
ran off from his patron and traveled eighty miles to the Army 
to join his father. The Troops to which father and brothers 
belonged were in a distant locality, but a kind-hearted Colonel 
had him taught music and also to read, and enlisted him as a 
Drummer. Daniel was also a Soldier in the War of 1812. 



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46 APPI.EGATE, IVAN DECATUR. 6740 

Stockraiskr. 

Brother of O. C. Applegate. See No. 45. 

47 APPLEGATE, EUCIEN B. 6747 

Stockraiser. 

Brother of O. C. Applegate. See No. 45. 

120 APPLEGATE, ELMER IVAN. 7320 

Teacher. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Richard Applegate. 

(2). Great-grandson of Daniel Applegate. See No. 45. 

106 ARNOLD, FREDERICK KELLOGG. 7306 

Real Estate. 

(i). Great-grandson oi Jonathan Arnold, born May 21, 1754, 
at East Haddam, Connecticut. Served in the Revolutionary 
War as follows : Enrolled at Fishkill, New York, June 10, 
1776, in Captain Samuel Williams' Company of the Ninth 
Connecticut Line, Colonel Samuel B. Webb commanding. 
Private until 1781. January i, 1 781, the Second and Ninth 
Regiments were tonsolidated into one, numbered the Third, 
commanded by Colonel Samuel B. Webb, and Arnold was 
made Second Sergeant of Captain Joseph Walker's Company, 
serving until the disbandment of the Army at West Point by 
order of Washington, early in June, 1783. 

(2). Great-grandson oljohn Saxton, born at Sheffield, Mas- 
sachusetts, March 11, 1760. Enlisted December 16, 1776, as 
Drummer in Captain Ephraim Fitch's Company of Colonel 
Benjamin Simonds' Regiment of the Massachusetts Line. Was 
at Ticonderoga. Enlisted again as Private, June 29, 1777, in 
Captain Enoch Noble's Company of John Brown's Regiment 
of the Massachusetts Line. 

(3). Great-grandson of Ephraim Shead, who enlisted Jul)' 
6, 1777, in Captain Roswell Downing's Compan)- of Colonel 
John Ashley's Regiment of the Massachusetts Line. 

132 ARNOLD, HOSMER KELLOGG. 7332 

Collector. 

Son of Frederick K. Arnold. See No. 106. 



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72 ATKINSON, JOSIAH LITTI.E. 6772 

Re;al Estate. 

(i). Great-grandson of jMoses Little, who was Captain of 
the Newbury, I5ssex County, Massachusetts, Company in the 
Louisburg Expedition of 1758. Immediately after the battle 
of Lexington he reported in command of a Company to Head- 
quarters at Cambridge. He was appointed Colonel and placed 
in command of a Regiment of Essex County Troops. This 
Regiment he commanded at Bunker Hill, where it lost forty 
men killed or wounded. Was present at Long Island and 
Harlem Heights. Ill health compelled him to refuse a Brig- 
adier-General's commission and return home in 1777. He was 
then elected to the State Legislature. 

118 BARTHOI.OMEW, JAMES HULL SHERMAN. 7318 

Editor. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi Joseph Bartholotnetv, a Private 
in Captain Isaac Cook's Company of Wallingford, Connecti- 
cut Minute Men, that marched to Boston at the Lexington 
alarm. Well authenticated family histories, genealogies and 
traditions show him to have been a Lieutenant. A " Geneal- 
ogy of the Bartholomew Family" states that "Lieutenant 
Joseph Bartholomew commanded, by commission from the 
General Court, all subject to military duty in Wallingford, 
Connecticut." The records show that his father, a grand- 
father and a great-grandfather served in the French and In- 
dian War. 

13 BATEMAN, CEPHAS CALEB. 6713 

Chaplain U. S. Army. 

(1). Great-grandson of Zadoc Bateman, Private in Captain 
Williams' Company, Twelfth Regiment, Massachusetts Conti- 
nental Line. He served several enlistments from 177S-1781, 
was honorably discharged, and pensioned in 1832 for faithful 
service. 

5 BEALL, HAMILTON MARBURY. 6705 

Receiver op Linn County National Bank. 

(i). Grandson of Lloyd Beall, Captain Seventh Maryland 
Infantry, Continental Army. Captain Beall served through 
the entire period of the war, and gave four sons, Thomas, Hor- 
ace, Lloyd J. and Benjamin I., to the service. Colonel Wil- 
liam Dent Beall, a cousin of Lloyd Beall, also served with dis- 
tinction. 



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39 BKLIvINGER, OSCAR HENRY. 6739 

Civil Engineer. 

(l). Great-great-grandson of Henry Bellinger, Private in 
Third Company (Palatine) of Tryon County, New York, Mi- 
litia, commanded by Colonel Jacob Klock. 

123 BEANCHARD, CARLISLE PATERSON. 7323 

(i). Great-grandson oi Joseph Wheaton, Ensign Second 
Rhode Island, March i, 1779, Second Lieutenant September 
I, 1779. Transferred to First Rhode Island, January i, 1781, 
and served to December 25, 1783. On May 11, 1775, he aided 
in capturing the schooner Margarette, laden with arms for the 
British, and he hauled down the schooner's British flag. 
Major and L,ieutenant-Colonel in War of 1812. 

20 BORTHWICK, ALEXANDER E. 6720 

Real Estate Dealer. 

(i). Great-grandson oi James Bortliwick, Soldier in New 
York Militia, and served in protecting the settlers from the 
British and Indians 1774-1780. 

(2). Grandson of George Bortlnviek, who was in the Militia, 
and especially distinguished for his vigilance when the Middle 
Fort (now Middlebtirg, New York) was assailed and the Deitze 
family massacred. 

(3). Great-grandson oi John Handley Biishnell, Private First 
Company, Captain Aaron Stevens', in Colonel Samuel Mott's 
Battalion of Connecticut State Troops, sent to re-inforce the 
Northern Department at Ticonderoga in 1776. With Captain 
John Ely's Company of Saybrook at the Lexington alarm in 
1775- 

19 BORTHWICK, CALVIN. 6710 

Farmer. 

Same ancestors as No. 20. 

30 BOYER, JOHN A. 6730 

Clerk. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi John Hart, Member of Pro- 
vincial Congress, Member of Colonial Legislature, Member of 
Continental Congress from New Jersey, and Signer of the 
Declaration of Independence. 



state No. National No. 

Mr. Boyer is also a great-great-great-grandson of John 
Rudderow, who superintended the laying out of the city of 
Philadelphia 1681-1683, and subsequently died in New Jersey. 

7 BOYNTON, CHARI.es HARVEY. 6707 

Journalist. 

(i). Great-grandson oijohn Boyiiton, who was Lieutenant 
and Captain in and Colonel of the Seventh Regiment of Mas- 
sachusetts Militia. 

93 BRADLEY, FRANK EDWARD. 6793 

Civil Engineer. 

(i). Great-grandson of George Philip, Lieutenant in a Com- 
pany commanded by Captain Jacobus Philip, belonging to 
Colonel Robert Livingston's Regiment of New York Troops. 

104 BRENHAM, ROBERT BERNARD. 7304 

Broker. 

(i). Great-grandson oi John Adair, a Soldier in a South 
Carolina Regiment at the age of seventeen, and afterwards an 
aide-de-camp to General Sumpter. In 1787 John Adair re- 
moved to Kentucky, where he became prominent in public 
affairs. 

25 BROCKENBROUGH, JOHN BOWYER. 6725 

Eawyer. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Carter Braxton, a Member of 
the Continental Congress from Virginia, and a Signer of the 
Declaration of Independence. 

(2). Great-grandson oi John Brockenbrough, a Surgeon in 
the Continental Army. 

15 BROOKE, LLOYD. 6715 

(i). Grandson of Lloyd Beall, an Ensign in the Seventh 
Maryland, Captain-Lieutenant June 8, 1779. He was severely 
wounded at German town, distinguished himself at Harlem 
Heights, was taken prisoner at Camden, but finally escaped by 
swimming the Santee river under a hot fire. Resigned his 
commission at the close of the war, but again entered the 
Army in 1799, and, after commanding many important posts, 
died at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in 1817. 



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state No. National No. 

22 BROOKE, EDWARD H. 6721 

First Likutenant 2ist Infantry, U. S. Army. 

Son of Lfloyd Brooke. See No. 15. 

35 CABEEL, HENRY COUETER. 6747 

First Eieutenant 14TH Infantry, U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of A^zV/;(?/a.f Cabell, who, first as 
a Captain, afterwards Colonel in the Virginia State Line, ren- 
dered important service from time to time throughout the war. 

(2). Great-grandson oi Robert Gamble, Captain Eighth Vir- 
ginia Regiment, Continental Line. 

(3). Great-grandson of Andreiu Hamilton, Major in the 
South Carolina State Line, who participated in most of the 
important battles in Georgia and the Carolinas. 

(4). Great-grandson of William Alston, Lieutenant-Colonel 
Third North Carolina Regiment, Continental Army, Member 
of Provincial Congress, Member of Committee of Safety, 
North Carolina. 

81 CARDWEEE, JAMES ROBERT. 6781 

Dentist. 

(i). Grandson of Perrin Cardwell, a Private in Virginia 
Troops. Was at the siege of Yorktown. Removed to near 
Knoxvillle, Tennessee, 1817, where he died aged 106 years. 
He drew a pension for his Revolutionary services. 

88 CARDWEEE, BYRON P. 6788 

Broker. 
Brother of J. R. Cardwell. See No. 81. 

149 CAREE, WAETER EDWARD. 7349 

Physician. 

(i). Great-grandson o{ John Carll, Private in Captain Si- 
las Burbank's Company, Sixth Massachusetts Regiment, com- 
manded by Colonel Samuel Brewer, 1777-80. 

(2). Great-great-grandson of Robert Carll, Private in Cap- 
tain Philip Thomas' Company in the Massachusetts Battalion 
commanded by Colonel Thomas Marshall. 



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48 CARTER, EDWARD CHAMP. 6748 

SuRGKON U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-grandson of Hill Cartc-r, Lieutenant Third Regi- 
ment Light Dragoons, Continental Line. This Regiment was 
raised in Virginia pursuant to a resolution of Congress, Jan- 
uary 5, 1777. 

94 CARTER, CHARLES HARRISON. 6794 

Attorney at L,aw. 

Brother of E. C. Carter. See No. 48. 

34 CARPENTER, GILBERT SALTONSTALL. 6734 

Major 4TH Infantry, U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-grandson of Giirdon Saltonstali, Colonel and 
Brigadier-General in the Continental Army. 

(2). Grandson of William Carpenter, a Sergeant in the New 
Hampshire Line and a Revolutionary pensioner. 

126 CHAPIN, WILLARD HART. 7326 

Bookkeeper. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi Joseph Hart, a Private in Cap- 
tain William Tucker's Company, First Regiment Hunterdon 
County, New Jersej% Militia. 

64 CLAPP, J. MxALCOLM. 6764 

Civil Engineer. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oS. Joseph Clapp, a Private in 
Captain James Talmage's Company of Colonel Roswell Hop- 
kins' Sixth Regiment Duchess County, New York, Militia. 

80 CLARKE, LOUIS G. 6780 

Druggist. 

(1). Great-grandson of Abraham Clarke, Member of Com- 
mittee of Public Safety, Member of Provincial Congress, Mem- 
ber of Continental Congress from New Jerse}^ and a Signer of 
the Declaration of Independence. He represented New Jer- 
sey in the National Councils, and after the war was a member 



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of the convention which framed the National Constitution. 
He gave three sons to the cause of American Independence — 
Noah, Thomas and William. These were captured and con- 
fined in the notorious prison ship "Jersey." Thomas, an 
artillery officer, was thrown into a dungeon, and received only 
such food as his fellow prisoners could conve}' to him through 
a key-hole. His father laid these facts before Congress, when 
that body ordered retaliation upon a certain British officer. 
Captain Clarke's condition was quickly improved. 

(2). Grandson of Noah Clarke, a Private in Captain Chris- 
topher Marsh's Troop of Light Horse, Essex County, New 
Jersey, Militia. He was in the battle of Long Island, through 
the New Jersey and Pennsylvania campaigns, and with the 
Army at Valley Forge. 

(3). Great-grandson of John Ross, a Soldier in Colonel 
(afterwards General) Anthony Wayne's Fourth Pennsylva- 
nia Regiment, participating with this famous Regiment in 
nearly all its battles, including the capture of Stony Point. 

74 CLARKSON, DAVID M. 6774 

Merchant. 

(i). Great-great-great-grandson of IVilliani Cabell, Mem- 
ber of the House of Burgesses, Member of all the Revolution- 
ary Conventions, Member of Virginia Committee of Safety. 

42 COCHRAN, HIRAM. 6742 

Carpenter. 

(i). Grandson of Charles Cochran, Corporal in Captain 
John Lawdon's Company, F'irst Battalion of Riflemen, Penn- 
sylvania Line. He enlisted July i, 1775, was at Monmouth, 
and served continuously until the close of the war. 

no COOPER, JACOB CAIvVIN. 7310 

Surveyor. 

(i). Great-grandson of Frederick Cooper, who entered the 
service in a Pennsylvania Company commanded by Captain 
Lart, September 17, 1777. He served several enlistments with 
North Carolina Troops, his last being April, 1781, for one year, 
in Captain Mercer's Company. He was engaged at Cowpens, 
Eutaw Springs and siege of '9&. August 27, 1832, being 73 
years old, he applied for and was allowed a pension for his 
services. 



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16 CURTIS, EDWARD DAVID. 6716 

Broker. 

(i). Great-grandson oi Joseph Hall, Lieutenant and Cap- 
tain in Croydon Company, New Hampshire Regiment, Conti- 
nental Army. Signer of Association Test, Croydon. 

loi CUTTER, KIRTIvAND KEIvSEY. 7301 

Architect. 

( I ) . Great-great-great-grandson oijared Potter, who gradu- 
ated at Yale College in 1760, studied medicine and practiced in 
New Haven and Wallingford, and on May 20, 1775, was ap- 
pointed by Governor Jonathan Trumbull and commissioned 
Surgeon in the First Regiment Connecticut Line. He ren- 
dered most valuable service in field and hospital until the close 
of the war. 

73 DABNEY, PERCY POPE. 6773 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Great-grandson of William Pofe, Private in a Virginia 
Infantry Regiment. He entered the service at the age of six- 
teen years and because of his youth was detailed to assist in 
guarding prisoners taken at Burgoyne's surrender. He served 
imtil the end of the war as an Infantry Soldier. 

(2). Great-grandson of William Madison, Lieutenant of 
Artillerj'' in Dabney's Legion of Virginia State Troops. He 
was at the siege of Yorktown and the surrender of Cornwal- 
lis. He was a brother of James Madison, fourth President of 
the United States. 

114 DODGE, FRANCIS SAFFORD. 7314 

Major and Paymaster, U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-grandson of Robert Dodge, First Lieutenant in 
Captain Richard Dodge's Company of Colonel Samuel Ger- 
rish's Regiment, Massachusetts Line. Captain in 1776. Served 
in twenty-three engagements, and in 1782, and afterward is re- 
ferred to as Colonel. 

66 DOEAND, ARTHUR W. 6766 

Wholesale Druggist. 

(i). Great-grandson of Williarn Hall, a Soldier of the 
Continental Army, New Hampshire Line. 



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(2). Great-great-grandson of Daniel Hall, a Soldier of 
the New Hampshire Line. 

(3). Great-great-great-grandson oi John Hall, Member of 
New Hampshire Committee of Safety. 

(4). Great-great-grandson oijohn Ray, a Soldier with New 
Hampshire Troops. 

Samuel Barr, a great-great-great-grandfather of this mem- 
ber, was a Captain in Indian War, 1746. 

107 DOOIvITTLE, GEORGE TILTON. 7307 

Physician and Surgeon. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Thaddcus C(7(7^, Major in Colo- 
nel Ward's Regiment, Connecticut, Continental Line. It 
joined Washington's Army at New York, and Major Cook was 
at White Plains, Trenton and Princeton. He was appointed 
Colonel of the Tenth Regiment Connecticut Militia, and did 
most excellent service with it in the movements against Bur- 
goyne. He was at Danbury to oppose Tryon's raid, April 25 
and 28, 1777. 

41 ECKERSON, THEODORE JOHN. 6741 

Major, U. S. Army, (Retired). 
(i). Grandson of Abraham Voorhees, Private in Captain 
Ten Eyck's Company, First Battalion, Somerset County, New 
Jersey. He also served in the Continental Army. 

61 ECKERSON, THEODORE HENRY. 6761 

Captain, U. S. Army, (Retired). 

(l). Great-grandson of Abraham Voorhees. See No. 41. 

63 ECKERSON, RUFUS INGAELS. 6763 

Real Estate and Loans. 

Great-Grandson of Abraham Voorhees. See No. 41. 

119 EDES, WIEEIAM HENRY. 7319 

Real Estate. 

(l). Grandson of Charles Wetherell, Private in Captain 
Thomas Hartshorn's Company, Colonel Michael Jackson's 
Regiment Massachusetts Troops. He was a Revolutionary 
Pensioner, making application April 3, 181 8. 



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97 ELLICOTT, SALVADOR. 6797 

License Inspector. 

(l). Great-great-grandson of Daniel Carroll, Member of 
the Executive Council of Maryland. Member of Continental 
Congress. After the war he was a member of the Convention 
that framed the Federal Constitution, and represented his 
State in the first Congress under the Constitution. He was 
almost constant!}' engaged in public service. His brother 
John was the first Roman Catholic Bishop in the United 
States. They were cousins of " Charles Carroll of Carrollton." 

145 EMERY, CHARLES DELAUS. 7345 

Lawyer. 

(1). Great-grandson of Josiah Emery, Private in Captain 
John Moody's Company, raised in Colonel Badger's, and part 
of Colonel Stickney's Regiments New Hampshire Troops, to 
reinforce the Continental Army at New York. It was at the 
battle of White Plains. 

143 FAY, CHARLES S. 7343 

Insurance Agent. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Ebenezer Bnrnap, a Private in 
a Company of Minute Men of Sutton, Massachusetts, at the 
Lexington Alarm, and serving with the State Troops for a 
number of months afterward. 

17 FREEMAN, GEORGE WENTWORTH. 6717 

Civil Engineer. 

(i). Great-grandson of Isaac Freevian, Private Invalid 
Corps Eighth Massachusetts, under Captain Wiley, served 
three years. 

(2). Great-grandson of Aaron Stephens, a Drummer in Cap- 
tain Jonathan Wentworth's Company, Colonel Enoch Poor's 
Regiment New Hampshire Militia. Was with his regiment at 
Bunker Hill. 

83 FRENCH, JOHN WILLIAM. 6783 

Lieutenant Colonel 23D Infantry, U. S. A. 

(i). Great-grandson of James Miller, Fifer in Captain 
Pittman's Company, Colonel Robert Elliot's Rhode Island 
Artiller)' Regiment. 



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(2). Great-great-grandson of Thomas //tf/(\r, Lieutenant in 
Captain Josiah Smith's Company, Colonel Whitney's Regi- 
ment, Massachusetts Militia. 

109 GIBBS, ARTHUR S. 7309 

Cashier. 

(i). Great-grandson of Abijah Bush. He was at Boston 
until after the battle of Bunker Hill. Had rank of Major in 
Massachusetts Troops, at Bemis Heights, and was at Trenton 
and Princeton. He was a Revolutionar}^ Pensioner. 

53 GII.es, henry S. 6753 

Landowner. 

(1). Great-great-grandson of Tobias Lord, Captain of Com- 
pany in a Maine Regiment, stationed for a time at Falmouth, 
now Portland, Maine. 

(2). Great-grandson oi John Lord, Lieutenant in a Com- 
pany in Arnold's expedition against Quebec. 

108 GOODElvL, GORMAN B. 7308 

(i.) Great-great-grandson of Abner GoodeU. a soldier in 
Captain Gate's Company Massachusetts Militia, April 19, 1775. 
Was also at White Plains. 

59 GOWEY, JOHN FRANKLIN. 6759 

Banker. 

(i). Great-great-grand.son of Abraham Willey, Private in 
Captain John Willey's Company, Colonel Joseph Spencer's 
Regiment, Connecticut Troops. Captain Willey was a brother 
of Private Willey. They were at the Lexington Alarm, and 
in service long afterwards. 

62 GOWEY, FRANK McDONALD. 6762 

Bank Teller. 

(i). Great-great-great-grandson of Abraham Willey. See 
No. 59. 

36 GREENE, THOMAS G. 6736 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Charles D-:Faina, Volunteer 
in Continental Army on the staff of Marquis de La Fayette, 
with whom he came to America. He was wounded at the 
siege of Yorktown. 



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(2). Great-great-grandson oi John IVade-, a Volunteer in 
a Company of Georgia Rangers. 



127 GREENLEAF, ROBERT STEPHEN. 7327 

County Assessor. 

(i). Great grandson of /srcu-/ Greenkaf, Private in Captain 
Thomas Brintnall's Company, Colonel Cyprian Howe's Regi- 
ment, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Troops. Also in 
Colonel Benjamin Tupper's Regiment, Tenth Massachusetts. 
He also served in Capt. Jonathan Baldwin's Company, Colonel 
Josiah Brown's Regiment in Gen. Johnson's Crown Point 
Expedition, 1755. 

44 GRovER, Lafayette. 6744 

Ex-U. S. Senator, Ex-Gov. of Oregon. 

(l). Great-grandson of Deacon James Grcn'er, an active 
Patriot who gave three sons to the cause of Independence. 

(2). Grandson oi John Groz'er. He was a Minute man at 
Lexington; was at Bunker Hill and Dorchester Heights, and 
subsequently served two years. 

Amos Hastings, a grand-uncle, was a Captain and com- 
manded the entrenching party at Bunker Hill and saw subse- 
quent service. 

Daniel Gage, a grand-uncle, was an Ensign, and so distin- 
guished himself at the battle of Monmouth that he publicly 
received the thanks of Washington. 

Gov. Grover's father, John Grover, was a surgeon in the 
war of 1812. 

38 HABERSHAM, ROBERT ALEXANDER. 6738 

Civil Engineer. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi James Habersham, Colonel in 
Georgia Volunteers. He had two brothers, John and James, 
who were active patriots, John being a Major of Cavalrj'. 

(2). Grandson of Barnard Elliott, soldier in South Caro- 
lina Troop during the war. 

105 HABERSHAM, JOHN P. 

Insurance Agent. 

Son of R. A. Habersham. See No. 38. 



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57 HALL, HENRY KNOX. 6757 

Ship Builder. 

(1). Grandson o{ /ames //aU, Sergeant in Colonel Henry 
Knox's Regiment of Artillery, 1776, Second Lieutenant 1777, 
when he was commissioned First Lieutenant ; the Regiment 
was commanded by Colonel John Crane, and was the Third 
Regiment of Artillery. Commissioned Captain-Lieutenant, 
April 12, 1780. Was with General Knox at Monmouth, Valley 
Forge and Yorktown. Was a member of Massachusetts State 
" Society of the Cincinnati." 

8 HALL, JAMES WINSLOW. 6708 

Ship Carpenter. 

(i). Great-grandson of /amt's Hall. See No. 57. 

75 HANFORD, FRANK. 6775 

Underwriter. 

(i). Great-grandson of JVilliai/i Brcnon, Sergeant in Cap- 
tain Comstock's Company, Fifth Regiment, Connecticut Line, 
commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Sherman. Sergeant 
Brown was at the seige of Yorktown, and was one of the " for- 
lorn hope " that carried Fort Hamilton by assault, October 14, 
1781. For his gallant conduct on this occasion he received a 
" .special badge of merit. " 

(2). Great-great-great-grandson of Mathew Holgafe, Lieu- 
tenant Colonel of Seventh Battalion, Philadelphia Militia. 

(3). Great-great-great-great-grandson of P^'leg Baldwin, 
Private Captain Peck's Company, Milford, Connecticut, Mil- 
itia, 1776. 

76 HANFORD, CLARENCE. 6776 

Merchant. 

Brother of Frank Hanford. See No. 75. 

77 HANFORD, ARTHUR ELWOOD. 6777 

Lawyer. 

Brother of Frank Hanford. See No. 75. 

124 HARDING, FRANKLIN STERLING. 7324 

Postmaster. 

Great-grandson of Thomas Harding, Private in Captain 
Robert Durkee's Company of Pennsylvania Line. Was pres- 



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ent at Millstone River, Round Brook, Germantown, Brandy- 
wine and Valley Forge, and with Captain Jones' Company of 
Connecticut Line sent to re-in force Gates at Saratoga. 

134 HARRISON, GARY HETH. 7334 

Merchant. 

(i). Great-great-great-grandson of Afxhibald Cary of Vir- 
ginia, Member of the House of Burgesses, Member of Com- 
mittee of Safety, and a zealous supporter of the Independence 
of the Colonies. 

(2.) Great-great-grandson of Carter Henry Harrison, Cap- 
tain of a company of Virginia Troops. He was a brother of 
Benjamin Harrison who signed the Declaration of Indepen- 
dence. 

10 HASBROUCK, ALFRED, JR. 6710 

First Eieutenant 14TH Inft. U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Abraham Hashronck, Member 
of Provincial Congress, Member of State Assembly, Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel and Colonel of First Regiment, Ulster County, 
New York. Oct. 16, 1777, the British destroyed Kingston, 
New York, and Colonel Hasbrouck lost a residence, barns and 
store house while he was looking to the safety of the public 
records of New York City, which had been entrusted to his 
care. 

(2). Great-grandson of Joseph Hasbrouck, Major First 
Ulster Regiment, October 25, 1775. 

43 HINES, HARVEY K. 6743 

Minister of the Gospei,. 

(i). Grandson of Barf ram Rounds, Ensign and Lieutenant 
in Rhode Island Troops, Continental Line. At Long Island 
and other engagements. Was a Revolutionary Pensioner, his 
original commissions being filed, with other papers, in the 
Pension office. 

14 HOUGHTON, ROSS C. 6714 

Clergyman. 

(i). Great-grandson oi John Stains, Private in a Massa- 
chusetts Company of Riflemen. 

{2). Great-grandson of Samuel Clark, of Rhode Island, 
Captain Corps of Engineers. 



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115 HOWES, THOMAS BASSETT. 7315 

Manager A. D. T. Co. 

(i). Great-great-great-great-grandson ox Jeremiah Howes, 
of Yarmouth, Massachusetts. lu Captain Micah Chapman's 
Company, Colonel Joseph Otis' First Barnstable Regiment, 
Ensign September 29, 1775; April 10, 1776, Second Lieutenant; 
First Lieutenant in Captain Abijah Bang's Company, Colonel 
Dike's Regiment March, 1777; Lieutenant in Captain Micah 
Chapman's Company, Colonel Freeman's Regiment, 1778-1779. 

91 HOWE, JAMES BLAKE. 6791 

Attorney At Law. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Christoplier Gadsden, Delegate 
to First Continental Congress. Brigadier General of the 
South Carolina Brigade Continental Army. He was at the 
siege of Charleston, and when the city was captured signed 
the Articles of Capitulation. In violation of these articles 
the enemy arrested him and confined him in a dungeon for 
ten months. 

32 HOYT, RICHARD. 6732 

Pilot. 

(i). Great-grandson of Stephen Hoyt, Lieutenant in Col- 
onel John Stark's First New Hampshire Regiment. He was 
at the battle of Bunker Hill and the surrender of Burgoyne. 
Tlie bursting of a gun so crippled one of his hands that he 
left the service. 

58 HOYT, RALPH WARREN. 6758 

Bank Cashier. 

(i). Great-grandson of .S/^/Z/d-w Hoyt. See No. 32. 

99 HOYT, HENRY MARTYN. 6799 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-grandson of Daniel Hoyt, Private in Captain 
Benedict's Company, Colonel Bradley's Battalion Connecticut 
troops. He was probably an Ensign of a Troop of Horse at 
one period of the war. 



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142 HUNT, GEORGE. 7342 

Mechanical Engineer. 

(i). Great-grandson of IVilUam Heath, of Massachusetts, 
Major General in the Continental Army. 

112 KING, HENRY P. 7312 

Clerk. 

(i). Great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin King, Dele- 
gate to Provincial Congress; Member of Committee of Safety, 
Massachusetts. He gave five sons to the cause of Indepen- 
dence. 

(2). Great-great-grandson of George King, who was Ser- 
geant in a Company of Minute Men commanded by Captain 
James Williams, at Roxbury, April 20, 1775. He was also 
in Captain Josiah Crocker's Company, Colonel Carpenter's 
Regiment, in the Rhode Island Campaign. 

139 KIRKEAND, ARTHUR EDWARD. 7339 

Justice of the Peace. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi John Kirkland, Captain of a 
Company in Colonel Ruggles Woodbridge's Regiment, Massa- 
chusetts Militia, sent to re-inforce the Northern Army, 1777. 

(2). Great-great-grandson of Hugh Maxwell, Captain in 
the Seventh Continental Infantry, and Lieutenant-Colonel of 
the Eighth Regiment, Massachusetts Line, October 19, 1782. 
At the battle of Bunker Hill he was wounded in the shoulder. 

140 KIRKEAND, EUGENE HOLMES. 7340 

Carpenter and Builder. 

Brother of A. E. Kirkland. See No. 139. 

100 KOEEOCK, FREDERICK N. 1623 

Railroad Agent. 

(i). Grandson of Shepard Kollock, Lieutenant and Brevet 
Captain Second Regiment Artillery, Continental Line, 1776-8. 

138 EAMBERSON, BUEEE. 7338 

Merchant. 

(i). Great-grandson of Samuel Ftirmann, Private in Cap- 
tain White's Company of Colonel Wessenfil's Regiment, New 



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York Militia. At one time he was entrusted with important 
dispatches to carry across Lake Champlain on the ice, and 
nearly lost his life by breaking through. 



137 LAMBERSON, LEWIS HUMPHREY. 7337 

Bookkeeper. 

Brother of Buell Lamberson. See No. 138. 

144 LEE, CHESTER FAIRMAN. 7344 

Mining. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi Jared Lee, a Justice of the 
Peace in Hartford County, Connecticut, ^TJS'l^- 

(2). Great-grandson of Amos Lee who served three enlist- 
ments with the Connecticut troops during the war. He was 
also a soldier in the French and Indian war. 



52 LEWIS, CICE:R0 HUNT. 6752 

Merchant. 

(i). Grandson of LJavid Chambers, Colonel of the Third 
Regiment, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia, June 19, 
1776. Colonel of a Battalion of New Jersey State Troops, 
November 27, 1776, which a month later he commanded at 
the battle of Trenton. Colonel of the Second Regiment, 
Hunterdon County, New Jersey Militia, 1777-79. 



LINDSLEY, ADDISON ALEXANDER. 7322 

(i). Great-grandson of Aaron Lindsley, a New Jersey Min- 
ute Man. He was lame and could not enter the Army, but 
was ever active as a Minute Man. At the battle of Monmouth 
he was wounded on the head by a sword stroke from the 
effects of which he eventually died. His wife was Abigal 
Halsey. Her father and mother, the great-great-grandparents 
of this member, gave two sons to the Continental Army, 
Luther and Obadiah, who never accepted a penny of the pub- 
lic funds, but were supported by their father. Luther was 
successively Sergeant, Lieutenant, Adjutant and Brevet Cap- 
tain. The parents both died of smallpox, contracted while 
nursing soldiers when this disease prevailed among the troops 
in 1778 and 1780. 



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1 8 LITTLEFIELD, ROGER SHERMAN. 6718 

Civil Engineer. 

(i). Grandson of John Sherman, Captain by Ijrevet in 
Continental Army. 

(2). Great-grandson of AV^.v Sherman, Signer of the Dec- 
laration of Independence. 

(3). Grandson of Aaron Littlefield, Private and Teamster 
in Continental Army. 

51 MALCOLM, PHILIP SCHUYLER. 6751 

Electrical Engineer. 

(i). Great-grandson of William Malcolm, Colonel Second 
New York Volunteer Infantry, Malcolm's Regiment. Colonel 
"Additional Regiment" Continental Infantry. Continental 
Adjutant-General of the Northern Department, 1780. Mem- 
ber of Provincial Congress, 1776. 

(2). Great-grandson of Philip Schuyler, Major-General 
Continental Army 1775-79. Member of Provincial Congress. 
Member of Continental Congress. 

3 MANN, GILBERT SHERBURN. 6703 

Salesman. 

(i). Great-grandson of Nicholson Broughton, who at thir- 
teen years of age enlisted and served with the Ma.ssachusetts 
troops during the winter of 1777-78. 

(2). Great-great-grandson oi Nicholson Broughton, Sr., who, 
when a Captain in Colonel Glover's Regiment, 1775, was given 
the first Naval Commission. With a detachment of his Mar- 
blehead fishermen he sailed in the schooner " Hannah " and 
captured the British ship "Unity" laden with supplies. A 
month later he sailed on the " Lynch " as Commodore, accom- 
panied b)- the " Franklin. " This expedition comprised 135 
men, and was ordered by Congress to the St Lawrence to 
intercept transports bound from England to Quebec. Return- 
ing, he was commissioned Second Major of the Fifth Regi- 
ment, Essex Militia, Colonel Glover's. 

(3). Great-great-great-grandson oi John Glcver, Colonel of 
Marine Regiment raised in Marblehead. Appointed Brigadier 
General, February 21, 1775. 



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133 MARSHALL, JAMES M. 7333 

Major and Quartermaster, U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Thomas Mars/tall, of Virginia, 
and after 1780 of Kentucky. When the Revolutionary war 
broke out he was Captain of a Company of Culpepper Minute 
Men. From this Company rose a Regiment, commanded by 
Colonel Woodford, of which Captain Marshall became Major. 
He distinguished himself at the battle of the Great Bridge. 
He became Lieutenant-Colonel, and Colonel of the Third Vir- 
ginia Regiment. At the battle of Germantown he distin- 
guished hiifiself by unusual gallantry and courage. At the 
battle of Brandywine it has been said he saved the Patriot 
Army. In 1779 he was sent to re-inforce General Lincoln in 
South Carolina, and when Charleston was surrendered to the 
British he and his Regiment became prisoners of war. For 
his distinguished and faithful service, the Virginia House of 
Burgesses presented him a sword. 

102 MAXWELL, WILLIAM HOWELL. 7302 

Civil Engineer. 

(i). Great-grandson of John Maxwell, Lieutenant and 
Captain in Sussex County, New Jersey Militia ; Lieutenant 
and Captain in Colonel Oliver Spencer's Regiment, Conti- 
nental Army. 

(2). Great-grandson of George Midrheid, Private in Cap- 
tain Albert Updike's Company, Second Regiment, Hunterdon 
County, New Jersey Militia. 

(3). Great-great-grandson oi John Hoiuell, Private in Cap- 
tain William Tucker's Companj', First Regiment, Hunterdon 
County, New Jersey, Militia. 

78 MOFFETT, GEORGE H. 6778 

Editor. 

(l). Great-grandson of George Moffett, Captain and Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel in Regiment of Virginia Troops with General 
Greene in the South. At Cowpeus and King's Mountain. 

92 MOODY, LUCIUS WRIGHT. 6792 

Druggist. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Joshua Reed, Private in a 
Company of Minute Men commanded by Captain Parker. 



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Participated in the battles of Lexington, Bunker Hill and 
White Plains. It is a well authenticated fact that Joshua 
Reed, at Lexington, captured the first prisoner taken from 
the British in the War of the Revolution. 



141 MUIR, WILLIAM TORBERT. 7341 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-grandson of Francis Muir, First Lieutenant in 
Gist's Additional Continental Regiment, January, 1777; Cap- 
tain-Lieutenant, April 23, 1779; Captain, May, 1780; Retired, 
January i, 1781. 

60 McCAMANT, WALLACE. 6760 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-grandson of James McCamant, Ensign, First 
Company, First Battalion Pennsylvania Militia, commanded 
by Lieutenant-Colonel John Gardner ; Captain of a Company 
in Colonel Bull's Regiment of the Pennsylvania Line, and 
present at the battles of Trenton, Princeton, and in the New 
Jersey and Pennsylvania Campaign. 

79 McKEE, EDWARD DAVIS. 6779 

Clerk U. S. District Court. 

(I) Great-grandson of ya/«« Davis ^ of North Carolina, 
who earl}' advocated American Independence. He was a 
promoter and signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration. Colonel 
commanding North Carolina troops in the Colonial Army. 
He rendered distinguished service to General Greene at the 
battle of Guilford Court House, and the subsequent operations 
against Cornwallis that ended with the surrender at York- 
town. 

146 McKENNA, CHARLES L. 7346 

Real Estate. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Henry Baker, Lieutenant 
Maryland Regiment, Continental Army. 

147 McKENNA, FRANCIS I. 7347 

Real Estate. 

Brother of Charles L. McKenna. See No. 146. 



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50 McKIM, MAURICE. 6750 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Henry Fisher, Major in the 
First Delaware Militia. The Committee of Safety at Phila- 
delphia authorized him to dismantle all the pilot boats plying 
in Delaware Bay except his own, which he was to use as an 
express, to bring warning of the approach of any vessel of the 
enemy. He rendered this service for a long period, and also 
contributed several thousand dollars and loaned other sums to 
relieve the Army when suflFeringat Valley Forge. The greater 
part of his just claims upon the Government remains unpaid. 

113 McKINSTRY, JAMES C. 7313 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-grandson of Charles McKinstry, Lieutenant in 
• Colonel Van Ness' Regiment of New York troops. 

69 OVERTON, CLOUGH. 6769 

Lieutenant U. S. Army. 

(l). Great-great-grandson of Thomas Overton, Lieutenant 
First Virginia Regiment Continental Line, known to have been 
at the battle of Guilford Court House. 

148 PADDOCK, ROBERT G. 7348 

Fruit Farmer, 

(i). Great-grandson oi Henry Paddock, Vr\va.te in Captain 
Christopher Tillman's Company, Colonel Stephen J. Schuy- 
ler's Regiment, of Albany County, New York Militia. 

2 PAGE, WILMER LEE. 6702 

Importer. 

(i). Great-great-grandson ofyi'/4« Page, -who was Lieuten- 
ant-Governor of Virginia and resisted Lord Dunmore's attempt 
to disarm the Colonists. He was a Member of the Committee 
of Safety, and Governor, and in all respects an active, zealous 
and powerful friend of the patriot cause. 

(2). Great-great-grandson oi Henry Lee, Captain of Cavalrj- 
in Colonel Thomas Bland's Regiment. Colonel Second Cavalry 
Legion. He is the celebrated "Light Horse Harry Lee " of 
this period. 



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6 PETTINGILL, SAMUEL BARRETT. 6706 

Journalist. 

(l). Great-grandson o{ John Barrett, Colonel of the Upper 
Regiment of Cumberland County, Vermont. Secretary of the 
Committee of Safety in 1775. 

(2). Grandson of Thomas Barrett, who was Aid-de-camp on 
the staff of his father Colonel Barrett. 

22 PHILIPS, JOHN KENNEDY. 6722 

Accountant. 

(1). Great-grandson oi Joseph Philips, Ensign Seventh Bat- 
talion, Chester County, Pennsylvania Association, com- 
manded by Colonel William Gibbons. He was at Brandywine, 
was active in work to relieve the suffering at the Valley Forge 
encampment, and always a pronounced patriot. 

55 PHILLIPS, THOMAS H. 6755 

Railroad Agent. 

(1). Great-grandson of 7'honias Worthington, Member of 
the Continental Congress from Maryland. 

68 REED, SANDERSON. 5768 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-grandson oi John McDowell, Surgeon Second 
Pennsylvania Regiment, Continental Line, and afterwards 
Surgeon First Infantry, U. S. Army. 

12 REYNOLDS, CHARLES ROBERTS. 6712 

Clerk Quartermaster's Department, U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of John Reynolds, Captain 
Seventh Battalion, Maryland Line. 

33 ROBERTS, BENJAMIN K. 6733 

Captain Fifth Artillery, U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi John Roberts, Private in Col- 
onel Seth Warner's Vermont Regiment, Continental Army. 
He was at Bennington, Valley Forge and York town, and 
served until the close of the war. He also served in the 
French and Indian War. His wife was Susannah Mahew. 
The Mahew family was prominent in behalf of the Colonial 



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cause. Rev. Jonathan Mahew, a graduate of Harvard, and 
for many years, from 1747, Minister of the "West Church," 
Boston, rendered valuable service to the cause of Indepen- 
dence. Another, Thomas Mahew, was a Captain in the Con- 
tinental Army. 

(2). Great-grandson of Christoplier J\ober/s, a Vermont 
Ranger, and one of General Allen's guides on the Ticonderoga 
Expedition. He was a Sergeant in Captain Thomas Burney's 
Company, Colonel McAUen's Regiment, Vermont Militia. 
He, with his father and three brothers, was at the battle of 
Bennington. After the war General of Vermont Militia. 

130 RUTTER, CLEMENT STOCKER. 7330 

Packing Business. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Thomas J^tttfcr, Engaged in 
operating a Cannon P'oundry and manufacturing heavy ordi- 
nance for the Province. This foundry was at Philadelphia. 
March 30, 1776, the Committee of Safety gave Samuel Potts 
and Thomas Rutter an order on Michael Hillegans, Esq., for 
one thousand pounds. (This Michael Hillegans was the first 
Treasurer of the United States). 

98 SAUNDERS, CHARLES W. 6798 

Architect. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi John Hicks^ who was killed 
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, while harrassing the retreat of 
the British from Lexington and Concord, April 19, 1775. He 
assisted in rendering the "Great Bridge" an obstruction to 
the march of Lord Percy's column, hastening to the relief of 
Pitcairn. 

9 SAVAGE, GEORGE M. 6709 

Real Estate. 

(i). Great-grandson of Nathan Savage, Orderly Sergeant 
in Connecticut troops. Continental Line. At the battle of 
Trenton and at Valley Forge. 

148 SCHULTZ, FREDERICK BAMBER. 7348 

Clerk. 

(1). Great-great-grandson oi Josiali Willard, soldier of the 
Continental Army for three years, from November, 1777; 
Made prisoner at Newark, New Jersey, and confined at New 
York . 



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26 SEARS, ALFRED F., SR. 6726 

Civil Engineer. 

Grandson oi Joseph Sears, soldier in Captain Elisha Hedge's 
Company of Colonel Nathan Freeman's Regiment of Massa- 
chusett's troops. Served in Rhode Island and also in the 
Dartmouth and Falmouth alarms. 

95 SEARS, ALFRED F., JR. 6795 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Great-grandson o^ Joseph Sears. See No. 26. 

(2). Great-grandson of Hezekiah Hooper, Lieutenant in 
Captain Benjamin Washburn's Company of Massachusetts 
troops. In the summer of 1778 this Company did guard duty 
in Boston. 

28 SEARS, GEORGE CARLETON. 6728 

County Sheriff. 

(1). Grandson of Silas Sears, soldier in Captain Nathaniel 
Winslow's Company, Colonel Whitney's Regiment, Massachu- 
setts troops ; also served in Captain Edward Hammond's 
Company, Colonel Samuel Fisher's Regiment. He was in 
the Continental service with the Northern Army, 1780, and 
served throughout the war. 

(2). Great-grandson of Nathaniel Sears, soldier in Captain 
Josiah Tatcher's Company, Massachusetts Militia ; with the 
Second Company of Foot, Captain Nathaniel Hamilton, dur- 
ing the Lexington alarm, and in Captain Barnabas Daly's 
Company during the Dartmouth alarm. 

23 SHANE, CARLOS WALSTEIN. 6723 

Notary Public. 

(i). Grandson of Zacheus Cosby, Private in Nelson's Divis- 
ion, Virginia Militia. At Yorktown and the surrender of 
Comwallis. 

96 SHARP, FREDERICK DENT. 6796 
Captain 2oth Infantry U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-grandson of George Dent, Lieutenant Third 
Battalion Maryland troops ; with General Wayne at capture 
of Stony Point. 



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85 SHERMAN, DANA CARLOS. 6785 

Attorney. 

(i). Great-grandson oi Samuel Sht-niian, Post Rider from 
Governor of Vermont to Camp Headquarters at Castleton in 
1781. 

116 SKINNER, PRATT R. 7316 

Clerk. 

(i). Grandson of Israel Skinner, enrolled in Bighth Com- 
pan}', Twelfth Regiment, Connecticut Militia, and served as 
"Wagon Conductor." 

(2). Great-grandson oi John Skinner, Second Lieutenant 
in Captain Hezekiah Parson's Company, Colonel Benjamin 
Heinnan's Regiment of Connecticut Militia. Promoted to 
First Lieutenant, June 20, 1776; also was Purchasing Agent 
for Commissary Department. 

117 SMITH, EU S. 4317 

Publisher. 

(i). Great-grandson of Jolin Smith, Private in Captain 

Isaac Bostwick's Company, Seventh Regiment of Connecticut 

troops. Colonel Charles Webb commanding. Lieutenant in 

. Captain Bett's Company, Second Regiment, Connecticut 

troops. He was captured in Tyron's raid on Danbury. 

(2). Great-great-grandson of Ephriam Smith, Private in 
Sixth Company, Fifth Regiment, Colonel Waterbury's ; also 
in Captain Johnson's Company, Colonel Douglass' Battalion 
of Connecticut troops in the battles of Long Island and 
White Plains. 

90 SMITH, ISAAC W. 6790 

Civil Engineer. 

(1). Great-grandson of Philip Slaughter, Captain in the 
Seventh Virginia Regiment, Continental Line. See No. 29. 

(2). Great-great-grandson oi James Slaughter, Colonel com- 
manding Virginia troops at the battle of Long Bridge, Va. 

24 STEARNS, DORAN H. 6724 

Real Estate. 

(i). Great-grandson oi Peter Stearns, Lieutenant Second 
Company of Colonel Hercules Moone3''s Regiment of New 
Hampshire Infantrj-. Also served with the Provincial troops 
against French and Indians 1762. 



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11 STEELE, EGBERT TANGIER SMITH. 6711 

Mining Expert. 

Great-great-grandson o{ Nathaniel Woodhull, Brigadier-Gen- 
eral of the Suffolk and Queen's County, New York Militia. 
Member of Provincial Congress, 1775-76. Mortally wounded 
during operations intended to force the British to abandon 
Long Island. He died September 20, 1776. 

86 STOUT, JOHN KENNEDY. 6786 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi Scth Miner, Orderly Sergeant 
of Captain (afterwards General) Jed Huntington's, Connecticut 
troops, at the siege of Boston, 1775. Ensign First Company, 
Twentieth Regiment Connecticut Militia, June 14, 1776. This 
command was in active service a number of times. 



56 STRONG, CURTLS CLARK. 6756 

Physician. 

(i). Great-grandson of Adonizah Strong, Colonel of Con- 
necticut Militia in the Bevolutionary War, and Commissary- 
General in the Army. 

87 STRONG, FREDERICK R. 6787 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Great-grandson of ^</£7«/3a/i .S/rw/^. See No. 56. 

121 STRUDWICK, ROBERT C. 7321 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Shepard Kollock, Lieutenant 
and Brevet-Captain Second Regiment of Artillery, Continental 
Line. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

67 TAYLOR, HARRY. , 6767 

Lieutenant Corps U. S. Engineers. 

(i) Great-grandson of Joltn Taylor,, Soldier in New 
Hampshire Line, and with them at West Point, 1780. 



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29 THOMPSON, REGINALD WEST. 6729 

Lawyer. 

(i). Great-grandson of /V^Vz^^ 67a«^///^r. In Captain John 
Jameson's Company of Minute Men, attached to the Regiment 
of Colonel Lawrence Taliaferro ; they joined Patrick Henry's 
Regiment and forced the Governor, Lord Dunmore, to pay for 
the powder he had removed from the " Powder Horn " at 
Williamsburg, in his attempt to disarm the Colonists. A 
Lieutenant in Captain Gabriel Long's Company of Riflemen; 
this company joined the army in New York, and were assigned 
to Colonel Daniel Morgan's Regiment. Promoted to Captain in 
1778 ; he served throughout the war. At Valley Forge one 
of his messmates was Lieutenant, afterwards Chief Justice, 
John Marshall. 

(2). Great-great-grandson oiJoJin Nixon. A wealthy mer- 
chant of Philadelphia, and ardent friend of the Colonies. 
Colonel of a Regiment of Militia, he was with his command at 
Long Island and Brandywine, and wintered at Valley Forge. 

135 TOLMAN, WARREN W. 7335 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Great-grandson oijohi Tohnaiii,a. Massachusetts Min- 
ute Man at Lexington, where he was severely wounded. After 
recovery he joined the Company of Captain Robert Smith, in 
Colonel William Heath's Regiment. He served throughout 
the war under Putman, Lovell, Gates and others, and was 
mustered out with rank of Captain. 



49 TREVETT, THEODORE BROOKS. 6749 

Salesman. 

(i). Great-grandson oi John Trcz-eft,, Sergeant in Captain 
Johnson Moulton's Company of Massachusetts Minute Men, 
1775- 

54 VODGES. ANTHONY WAYNE. 6754 

Captain 5TH Artillery, U. S. Army. 

(i). Great-grandson of /F^Y/zaw i%ywa«, who commanded 
the Privateer " George, " and was an officer in the Provisional 
Navy, authorized by the Continental Congress. 



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state No. National No. 

27 WAIT. AARON EMMONS. 6725 

Ex-JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME CoURT OF OREGON. 
(i). Grandson o{ Joel Wait, Private in the Whatley Com- 
pany of Massachusetts Minute Men, Captain Stiles com- 
manding, at the Lexington alarm. In Captain Seth Murray's 
Company on the Fort Edwards expedition ; also Private in 
Captain S. White's Company of Massachusetts Baj- Militia 
on the expedition to Saratoga. 



4 WAIT, CHARLES N. 6704 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Great-grandson oi Joel Wait. See No. 27. 

31 WAIT, ROBERT LEE. 6731 

Dentist. 

(i). Great-Grandson of /o^/ Wait. See No. 27. 



37 . WELLS, HARRY L. 6737 

Journalist. 

(i). Great-grandson oi Josiah Pierce, Private in Massachu- 
setts Militia at the battle of Bunker Hill ; a Revolutionary 
Pensioner because of service. 



WEST, FRANCIS HENRY. 6789 

(1). Great-grandson of William West, who was Captain 
Third Pennsylvania Battalion, Continental Line, January 5, 
1776; Major, October 25, 1776. Taken prisoner at Fort Wash- 
ington, November, 1776. He also served in the Quartermas- 
ter's department. 

(2). Great-grandson oi John Nixon. See No. 29. 



136 WHITTLE, GEORGE HASWELL. 7336 

Agent N. P. E. Co. 

(i). Great-grandson of Thomas Whittle, Private in Captain 
Ford's Company, Colonel Nichols' Regiment of New Hamp- 
shire troops, and present at the battle of Bennington. 



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state No. National No. 

84 WILLIAMS, GEORGE H. 6784 

Attorney at Law. 

(i). Grandson of Noah Goodrkh, of Lenox, Massachusetts, 
Soldier in Captain Ashley's Company of Colonel Vose's Regi- 
ment of Massachusetts troops from January i, 1777, to 
December 31, 1780. It is quite probable he served in other 
organizations and was at Bunker Hill and Long Island. 

40 WITHINGTON, GEORGE EDWARD. 6740 

Bank Cashier. 

(i). Great-great-grandson of Peter IVithington, Captain in 
the Twelfth Pennsylvania Regiment of the Continental Line, 
December 18, 1776. 

131 WITHINGTON, AMORY HOLBROOK. 7331 

Deputy Clerk of Court. 

( I ) . Great-great-great-grandson of Captain Peter IVithington . 
See No. 40. 

(2). Great-great-grandson oi Nicholas Broughton, Sr., Cap- 
tain and Major. See No. 3. 

(3). Great-great-great-grandson oi Johti Glover^ Colonel of 
the famous "Marine Regiment" of Marblehead, Massachusetts. 
It saved the American Army at Long Island. Was at the 
crossing of the Deleware to Trenton , and from Harlem Heights 
to Saratoga. See (3) No. 3. 



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WOODWARD, TYLER. 6770 

Banker. 

(i). Grandson of Gideon IVooJivard, Private in Captain 
James Morgan's Company, Colonel Prentiss' Eighth New York 
Regiment, 1776-1781. 

128 YOUNG, EDWARD WELDON. 7328 

Physician. 

(i). Great-great-grandson oi fames Young, a soldier in the 
Pennsylvania Continental Line. He participated in the bat- 
tles of Brandy wine, Germantown, Monmouth and Cowpens, 
and was at Valley Forge encampment. He had the rank ol 
Captain in Colonel Jeduthan Baldwin's Artillery Artificer 
Regiment from August i, I777- He lived to be 109 years of 
age. 



Note: — Members will please notify the Secretary of their respective So- 
cieties of any errors or omissions in the foregoing record. 



NECROLOGICAL. 

Since its organization the Societj- has lost two members by 
death, Mr. Lloyd Brooke and Mr. Hiram Cochran. Ex-Gover- 
nor LaFayette Grover, for many years his intimate friend, kindly 
furnished the following biographical sketch of Mr. Brooke: 

Lloyd Brooke was born at Oak Hill, Montgomery County, Maryland, 
Juh' 6, 1819, and died at his residence in Portland, Oregon, May 29, 1893, 
in the seventy-fourth year of his age. 

He was the third son of Thomas Alexander Brooke and Henrietta M., 
daughter of Major Lloyd Beall. The families of Brooke and Beall were 
among the earliest and most prominent of the Colonial period of Mary- 
land, and their descendants have been intimately connected with the de- 
velopment of that State. Mr. Brooke, at an early age, became connected 
with the War Department at Washington, D. C. He also took part in the 
Seminole Indian war in Florida. He came to Oregon in 1849, ^^ the em- 
ployment of the U. S. Quartermaster's Department, and for many years 
was the chief business agent of that Department at Fort Vancouver, con- 
tinuing his connection with it until he desired to retire from active busi- 
ness life. In the meantime he engaged in several business enterprises, of 
which one was the establishment of a cattle ranch in Eastern Oregon in 
1854. This proved to be unfortunate, for during the Indian hostilities of 
1855-6, the Indians drove off or killed his cattle and burned his buildings. 
With this exception, however, Mr. Brooke was generally successful in his 
business enterprises. 

Mr. Brooke was married to the daughter of General Edward Hamilton, 
one of the earliest Secretaries of the Territory of Oregon. General Hamil- 
ton was a native of Virginia, and his daughter was a woman of the highest 
accomplishments and graces, of rare and genuine qualities, which were ex- 
hibited in her social intercourse, in her religious duties, and above all in 
her home life. Her death preceded that of her husband by several years' 
The issue of this marriage were four sons and one daughter, namely: 

Edward Heath Brooke, First Lieutenant 21st Infantry U. S. Army. 

Hamilton Eastham Brooke. 

Henrietta Beall Brooke, wife of Lieutenant J. S. Parke, U. S. Army. 

John M. Brooke, M. D. 

Thomas Scott Brooke. 

Mr. Brooke was the first Vice President of the Oregon and Washington 
Society Sons of the American Revolution, a communicant of the Episcopal 



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church, and for many years a vestryman of Trinity. Naturally of retiring 
habits he never sought notoriety, but was ever ready to join in the promo- 
tion of the good of his city and state. Especially was he a true and faith- 
ful friend, and a helper of the helpless. His generous qualities were well 
known, and often drawn upon in the promotion of worthy objects. 
Through a life of prudence and diligence he amassed a competenc}' which 
rendered his later years comfortable, and enabled him to leave his family 
a goodly heritage, but best of all he has left them a good name. 



We are indebted to Dr. W. E. Carll for the following .sketch: 

Hiram Cochran was born at Cochranton, Crawford County, Pennsyl- 
vania, August 30, 1833, and died at Oregon City, Oregon, August 22, 1895. 
He was the sou of Alexander and Margaret Cochran, grandson of Charles 
Cochran, who served in the War of the Revolution and also in the War of 
181 2, and great-grandson of James Cochran. His great-grandfather came 
from Virginia to Westmoreland, now Crawford County, Pennsylvania, 
where he purchased large tracts of land and permanently located. 

Hiram Cochran passed some time at college, but his tastes being for 
mechanical pursuits he left school and became a skilled mechanic. Decid- 
ing to seek fortune in the far West, he crossed the plains and reached Ore- 
gon September 19, 1852. Here he easily found remunerative employment. 
After two years he purchased property and located at Vancouver, Wash- 
ington, where he became one of the leading citizens. For many years he 
had charge of construction at Vancouver Barracks. In 1859 he married 
Miss Fannie L. Kell}^ daughter of Captain William Kelly, U. S. Army. 
She and six daughters survive him. During the period of 1862-1870, Mr. 
Cochran was Postmaster at Vancouver, and served a full term in each 
house of the Territorial Legislature. In 1871 his business interests induced 
him to locate at Oregon City. During his residence there he wes repeatedly 
chosen by his fellow citizens to positions of honor and trust, as School Di- 
rector, Councilman and Mayor. He was always faithful to every duty, and 
earnestly sought to obey the precept of the Golden Rule. 



REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORvS. p^g^ 

Adair, John South Carolina 36 

Alston , William North Carolina 37 

Anderson , Richard Clougli Virginia i 

Applegate, Richard New Jersey 32 

Applegate, Daniel New Jersey 32 

Arnold, William Rhode Island 32 

Arnold, Calieb Rhode Island 32 

Arnold .Jonathan . Connecticut 33 

Baker, Henry Maryland 52 

Baldwin, Peleg Connecticut 45 

Barrett, John Vermont 54 

Barrett, Thomas Vermont 54 

Bartholomew, Joseph Connecticut 34 

Bateman , Zadoc Massachusetts 34 

Beall , lyloyd Maryland 34 

Bellinger, Henry New York 35 

Borthwick, James New York 35 

Borthwick, George New York 35 

Boynton, John Massachusetts 36 

Braxton , Carter Virginia 36 

Brockenbrough, John Virginia 36 

Broughton, Nicholson, >Sr Massachusetts .50 

Broughton, Nicholson , Jr Massachusetts 50 

Brown, William Connecticut 45 

Burnap, Ebenezer Massachusetts 42 

Bush , Abijah Massachusetts 43 

Bushnell, John Handley Connecticut 35 

Cabell, Nicholas Virginia 37 

Cabell, William Virginia 39 

Cardwell, Perrin Virginia 37 

Carll, Robert Massachusetts 37 

Carll, John Massachusetts 37 

Carpenter, William New Jersey 38 

Carter, Hill Virginia 38 

Carey, Archibald Virginia 46 

Carroll, Daniel Maryland 42 

Chambers, David New Jersey 49 

Claghorn, James Vermont ; 32 

Clapp, Joseph New York 38 

Clark, Samuel Rhode Island 46 

Clarke, Abraham New Jersey 38 



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Page 

Clarke, Noah New Jersey 39 

Cochran, Charles Pennsylvania 39 

Cosby Zacheus Virginia 56 

Cook, Thaddeus Connecticut 41 

Cooper, Frederick Pennsylvania and North Carolina. .39 

Davis, James North Carolina 52 

Dent, George Maryland 56 

DePauw, Charles France 43 

Dodge, Robert Massachusetts 40 

Elliott, Barnard South Carolina 44 

Emery, Josiah New Hampshire 42 

Fisher, Henry Delaware 53 

Freeman, Isaac, Massachusetts 42 

Furman , Samuel New York 48 

Gadsden, Christopher South Carolina 47 

Gamble, Robert, Virginia 

Glover, John Massachusetts 50 

Goodrich, Noah Massachusetts 61 

Goodell, Abner Massachusetts 43 

Greenleaf , Israel Massachusetts. 44 

Grover, John Massachusetts 44 

Habersham, James Georgia 44 

Hall, James Massachusetts 45 

Hall, Joseph New Hampshire 40 

Hall, William New Hampshire 40 

Hall, John New Hampshire 41 

Hall, Daniel New Hampshire 41 

Hamilton, Andrew, South Carolina 37 

Harding, Thomas Pennsylvania and Connecticut. . . .45 

Hart, John New Jersey 35 

Hart, Joseph New Jersey 38 

Harrison, Carter Henry Virginia 46 

Hasbrouck , Abraham New York 46 

Hasbrouck, Joseph New York 46 

Hayman, William, 59 

Heath, William Massachusetts 48 

Hicks, John Massachusetts 55 

Holgate, Mathew Pennsylvania 45 

Howell, John New Jersey 51 

Howes, Jeremiah Massachusetts 47 

Hoyt, Stephen New Hampshire 47 

Hoyt, Daniel Connecticut 47 

Hooper, Hezekiah Massachusetts 56 

Kellogg, Preserved Vermont 32 

King, Benjamin Massachusetts 48 

King, George Massachusetts 48 

Kirkland, John Massachusetts 48 



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Page 

Kollock, Shepard New Jersey 4S 

Lee, Henr}' Virginia 53 

Lee, Jared Connecticut 49 

Lee, Amos Connecticut 49 

Lindsley, Aaron New Jersey 49 

Little, Moess Massachusetts 34 

Littlefield, Aaron Massachusetts 50 

Lord, Tobias Maine (Connecticut) 43 

Lord , John Maine (Connecticut) 43 

Madison , William Virginia 40 

Malcolm, William New York ■ ■ 5^) 

Marshall, Thomas Virginia 51 

Maxwell, Hugh Massachusetts 48 

Maxwell, John New Jersej- 51 

Miller, James Rhode Island 42 

Miner, Seth Connecticut 58 

Moffett, George Virginia 51 

Muir, Francis Massachusetts 52 

Muirhead, George . .New Jersey 51 

McCamant, James Pennsylvania 52 

McDowell, John Pennsylvania 54 

McKinstry, Charles New York 53 

Nixon, John Pennsylvania 59 

Overton, Thomas Virginia 53 

Page, John Virginia 53 

Pierce, Josiah Massachusetts 60 

Pope, William Virginia 40 

Potter, Jared Connecticut 40 

PhiUps, Joseph Pennsylvania 54 

Philip, George New York 36 

Paddock, Henry New York 53 

Ray, John New Hampshire 41 

Reed, Joshua Massachusetts 51 

Reynolds, John Maryland 54 

Roberts, Christopher Vermont 55 

Roberts, John Vermont 54 

Ross, John Pennsylvania 39 

Rounds, Bertram Rhode Island 46 

Rutter, Thomas Pennsylvania 55 

Saltonstall, Gurdon New Hampshire 38 

Savage, Nathan Connecticut 55 

Saxton, John Massachusetts 33 

Schuyler, Philip New York 50 

Sears, Silas Massachusetts 56 

Sears, Nathaniel Massachusetts 56 

Sears, Joseph Massachusetts 56 

Shead, Ephraim Massachusetts 33 



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Page 

Sherman, Roger Massachusetts 50 

Sherman , John Massachusetts 50 

Sherman Samuel Vermont 57 

Skinner, Israel Connecticut 57 

Skinner, John Connecticut 57 

Slaughter, Philip Virginia 57 

Slaughter, James Virginia 57 

Smith , John Connecticut 57 

Smith, Ephraim Connecticut 57 

Stalus, John Massachusetts 46 

Stearns, Peter New Hampshire 57 

Stephens, Aaron New Hampshire 42 

Strong, Adonizah Connecticut 58 

Taylor, John New Hampshire 58 

Tolman , John Massachusetts 59 

Trevett, John Massachusetts 59 

Voorhees, Abraham New Jersey 41 

Wade, John Georgia 44 

Wait, Joel Massachusetts 60 

West, William Pennsylvania 60 

Wetherel, Charles Massacliusetts. . . ." 41 

Weeks, Thomas Massachusetts 43 

Wheaton, Joseph Rhode Island 35 

Whittle, Thomas Massachusetts 60 

Willard, Josiah Massachusetts 55 

Willey , Abraham Connecticut 43 

Withington, Peter Pennsylvania 61 

Worthington, Thomas Maryland 54 

WoodhuU, Nathaniel New York 58 

Woodward, Gideon New- York 61 

Young, James Pennsylvania 61 



ORGANIZATION OF THE WASHINGTON SOCIETY. 

The compatriots residing in the State of Washington had 
long felt that they should have a separate Society. The distance 
many of them had to travel was a serious obstacle to their 
attending meetings held in Portland. The prosperity of the 
Society at large, they felt, would best be promoted by organizing 
another Society nearer home. State pride, very justly, de- 
manded a separate organization. The Board of Management 
promised to demit all members residing in the State who wished 
to form such a Society, or enter it after it was formed. Dr. E. 
Weldon Young and Mr. A. S. Gibbs, of Seattle, then earnestly 
labored in various parts of the State to create and to confirm a 
strong sentiment in favor of a Washington Society. In this 
they were deservedly successful. A meeting was finally called 
to be held at Seattle, June 17, 1895. Some sixty eligible gen- 
tlemen were present, many of whom had been demitted for the 
purpose, and they at once proceeded to organize the Washington 
Society. 

The officers selected are a presage of the Society's pros- 
perity. They are : 

President ColoneIv S. W. Scott. 

First Vice President Colonel J. Kennedy Stout. 

Second Vice President Rev. A. N. Thompson, D. I). 

Secretary ^^- A- S- Gibbs. 

Treasurer Judge J. B. HowE. 

Registrar Dr. E. Weldon Young. 

; Arthur W. Doland, 
I Hon. John F. Gowey, 
1 Judge C. H. Hanford, 

Managers < j h. S. Bartholomew, 

Dr. S. J. Holmes, 
E. S. Smith. 



LIST OF MEMBERS OF OREGON SOCIETY. 

Anderson, Thomas M Vancouver Barracks, Washington. 

Allen, Ethan W .Portland. 

Alvord, William C First National Bank, City. 

Applegate, Oliver C Olene, Oregon. 

Applegate, Lucien, B Klamath Falls, Oregon. 

Applegate, Ivan D Klamath Falls, Oregon. 

Applegate, E.I Klamath F'alls, Oregon. 

Arnold, Frederick K No. 275 Stark St., City. 

Arnold, Hosmer K No. 275 Stark St., City. 

Atkinson, Josiah L No. 385 Third St., City. 

Beall, Hamilton, M Albany, Oregon. 

Bellinger, Oscar H No. 433 Holladay Ave. , City. 

Borthwick, Alex E Stark and Sixth Sts., City. 

Borthwick, Calvin Cornwallaville, New York. 

Boyer, John A Jacksonville, Oregon. 

Bradley, Frank E Puyallup, Washington. 

Brenham, Robert B Honolulu. 

Brockenbrough, John B Roseburg, Oregon. 

Brooke, Edward H Plattsburg, New York. 

Cabell, Henry C Vancouver Barracks, Wash. 

Cardwell, Byron P Hamilton Building, City. 

Card well, James R Oregonian Building, City. 

Carll, Walter E Oregon City, Oregon. 

Carpenter, Gilbert S Fort Spokane, Washington. 

Carter, Charles H Pendleton, Oregon. 

Carter, E. C Fort Buford, South Dakota. 

Chapin, Willard H No. 580 Fourth St. City. 

Clapp, J. M No. 22 Twentieth St. N., City. 

Clarke, Louis G First and Alder Sts. City. 

Clarkson, David M Worcester Block, City. 

Cooper, J. C McMinnville, Oregon. 

Curtis, Edward D Clackamas, Oregon. 

Dabney, Percy P Chamber of Commerce Bldg., City. 

Dodge, Francis S Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 

Eckerson, Theodore J No. 575 Couch St., City. 

Eckerson, Theodore H No. 575 Couch St. , City. 

Eckerson, Rufus I Washington Building, City. 

Fay, Charles L Washington Building, City. 

Freeman, George W No. 314 Grand Ave. N., City. 

French, John W Fort Clark, Texas. 

Gile, Henry S '. . . .No. 686 Everett St., City. 



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Godell, Gorhatn B No. 779 Johnson St., City. 

Greene, Thomas G Worcester Block, City. 

Greenleaf, Robert S No. 105 Eighteenth St. N., City. 

Grover, LaFayette No. 153 Sixteent") St , N., City. 

Habersham, John P Helena, Montana. 

Habersham, Robert A No. 1049 Corbett St., City. 

Harding, Franklin S McMinnville, Oregon. 

Harrison, Cary Heth No. 675 East Stark St., City. 

Hasbrouck, Alfred, Jr Poughkeepsie, New York. 

Hines, Harve)' K University Park, Portland. 

Houghton , Ross C Canisteo, New York. 

Howes, Thomas B No. 355 Alder St., City. 

Hoyt, Richard No. 735 Hoyt St., City. 

Hoyt, Ralph W Merchants' National Bank, City. 

Hunt, George No. 347 Market St. , City. 

Kollock, Frederick N No. 246 Stark St., City. 

Lamberson, Buell No. 385 Tenth St. , City. 

Lamberson, Lewis H No. 38 Twenty-First St. N. , City. 

Lewis, Cicero H No. 46 Front St. , City. 

Littlefield, Roger S Bandon, Oregon. 

Malcolm, Philip S No. 131 Sixth St., City. 

Mann, Gilbert S No. 87 Front St., City. 

Marshall, J. M Vancouver Barracks, Wash. 

Moffett, Geo. H 

Moody, Lucius W 706 Flanders St., City. 

Muir, William T 213 13th St., City. 

McCamant, Wallace Concord Building, City. 

McKee, Edward D U. S. Court House, City. 

McKenna, Clement L University Park, City. 

McKenna, Francis I Chamber of Commerce Bl'dg., City. 

McKim, Maurice Worcester Building, City. 

Overton, Clough Fort Walla Walla, Wash. 

Paddock, Robert G City. 

Page, Wilmer L 455 Alder St., City. 

Pettingill, Samuel B Tacoma, Wash. 

Philips, John K University Park, City. 

Phillips, Thomas H Los Angeles, Cal. 

Reynolds, Charles R Vancouver Barracks, Wash. 

Reed, Sanderson 691 Lovejoy St., City. 

Roberts, Benjamin K Presidio, San Francisco, Cal. 

Schultz, Frederick B No. 683 vSecond St., City. 

Sears, Alfred F., Sr 15 Courtlandt St., New York. 

Sears, Alfred F., Jr 10S6 Front St., City. 

Sears, George C Montgomery and Twelfth Sts., City. 

vSherman, Dana C Salem, Oregon. 

Skinner, Pratt R 1 75 Tenth St. , City. 

Smith, Isaac W 122 East Twelfth St. , City. 



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vStearns, Doran H Chamber of Commerce Bld'g. , City. 

Strong, Curtis C Abington Block, Cit}'. 

Strong, Frederick R Labbe Block, City- 
Taylor, Harry 435 Alder St., City. 

Thompson, R. W A. O. U. W. Temple, City. 

Trevett, Theo. Brooks No. 777 Flanders St., City. 

Vodges, Anthony W Alcatraz Island, Cal. 

Wait, Aaron E Sixth and Market Sts. , City. 

Wait, Chas. N Washington Building, City. 

Wait, Robert L First and Yamhill Sts., City. 

Wells, Harry L 773 Pettigrove St., City. 

West, Francis H 122 East Twelfth St. , City. 

Williams, Geo. H Chamber of Commerce Bld'g. , City. 

Withington, Geo. E First National Bank, City. 

Withington, Amory H 308 Salmon St. , City. 

Woodward, Tyler U.S. National Bank City. 

MEMBERS DEMITTED. 

TO WASHINGTON SOCIETY. 

Alexander, Geo. Nell No, 105 Jackson St., Seattle, Wash. 

Bartholemew, James H. S Monte Cristo, Wash. 

Blanchard, Carlisle P No. 1005 McClair St., Seattle, Wash. 

Boynton, Chas. H Tacoma, Wash. 

Cutter, Kirtland K Spokane, Wash. 

Doland, Arthur W Spokane, Wash. 

Doolittle, George T Spokane, Wash. 

Edes, William H Spokane, Wash. 

Ellicott, Salvador vSeattle, Wash. 

Emery, CD Seattle, Wash. 

Gibbs, Arthur S Seattle, Wash. 

Gowey, John F Olympia, Wash. 

Gowey, F^rank M Olympia, Wash. 

Hall, Henry K Port Blakely, Wash. 

Hall ,^ames W Port Blakely, Wash. 

Hanford, Frank Seattle, Wash. 

Hanford, Clarence Seattle, Wash. 

Hanford, Arthur E Seattle, Wash. 

Howe, James B Seattle, Wash. 

Hoyt, Henry M Spokane, Wash. 

Kirkland, Eugene H Colfax, Wash. 

Kirkland, Arthur E Colfax, Wash. 

Lee, Chester F Princeton, Idaho. ; 

Lindsley, Addison A Olympia, Wash. 

Maxwell, W^illiam H Spokane, Wash. 

Rutter, Clement S Spokane, Wash. 

Saunders, Charles W Seattle. Wash. 



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Savage, George M Olympia, Wash. 

Shane, Carlos W Vancouver, Wash. 

Smith, E. S Seattle, Wash. 

Steele, Egbert T. S Spokane, Wash. 

Stout, J. Kennedy Spokane, Wash. 

Strudwick, Robert C Seattle, Wash. 

Tolman, Warren W Spokane, Wash. 

Whittle, Geo. Haswell Spokane, Wash, 

Young, E. Weldon Seattle, Wash. 

TO MONTANA SOCIETY. 

Bateman, Cephas C . .Fort Assinboine, Montana. 

Sharp, Frederick Dent Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 

TO MAINE SOCIETY. 
King, Henry P Portland, Maine. 

TO MARYLAND SOCIETY. 
Lazarus, Edgar M Baltimore, Maryland. 

TO CALIFORNIA SOCIETY. 

McKinstry, J. C San Francisco, California. 

MEMBERS DECEASED. 
Brooke, Lloyd. Cochran, Hiram. 

Dropped from rolls — 2. 

RECAPITULATION. 

Remaining on Roll 104 

Demitted to Washington Society 36 

Demitted to other Societies 5 

Deceased 2 

Dropped 2 

Total 149 



HINTS TO MEMBERS. 

L^ook among your friends and acquaintances for gentlemen 
who are eligible to membership, and endeavor to induce them 
to join with us. 



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The Board of Managers has been expending money in the 
purchase of books, published b}^ some of the old Thirteen States, 
setting forth with considerable completeness the names and 
records of Revolutionary patriots. The library already includes 
the Connecticut and New York books, each containing more 
than twenty-five thousand names, besides Heitman's Register of 
the Officers of the Continental Army. In the course of a few 
months it is expected to add to these the New Jersey Book, the 
New Hampshire Book, Saffell's Revolutionary Record, and the 
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania Books. If applicants for mem- 
bership can give the names and residences of their ancestors it 
will be possible for members of the Society by the aid of these 
records in a majority of cases to secure for them the needed 
proofs. 

Notify your Secretary of any change in your address. 

Pay your dues as promptly as possible to your Treasurer. 

Promptly reply to letters received from the Officers of your 

vSociety. 

Provide yourself with the Rosette of the Society and wear it. 
Your Secretary or Registrar furnishes them at 25 cents each. 

The Certificate of Membership is appropriate and beautiful, 
and should be held by every member. They cost $1.00 and are 
prepared by the National Society. Apply to your Secretary 
for it. 

The Badge of the Society is of gold and sterling silver. It 
costs $9.00. Obtain a permit for one from your Secretary. You 
will send this with the price of the badge to Tiffiiny & Co., New 
York. They will send you the badge with your number 
engraved thereon without further expense to you. 

Make it a point to attend all meetings of your Chapter and 
Society. 

Be active and earnest in disseminating American principles. 



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